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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Jun, Sep–Oct · highs 14–23 °C (57–73 °F)
- J1°-9°12
- F3°-8°12
- M8°-4°19
- A13°-1°32
- M18°4°62
- J23°9°64
- J29°13°34
- A28°13°30
- S22°8°36
- O14°2°24
- N6°-4°17
- D0°-9°15
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
Trail facts
- Length
- 8.6 km · 5.3 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain range
- Big Belt Mountains (Rocky Mountains › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 20 km N of Helena Valley Northeast (Lewis and Clark County, Montana) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
- Connects to
- Mann Gulch (at its start or end)
- Best months
- May–Jun, Sep–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Montana
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 46.8494, -111.9056
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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