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Monitor Ridge (Climbing Route)
On Mount Saint Helens, South Washington Cascades
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jul–Aug · highs 14–14 °C (57–57 °F)
- J-3°-9°613
- F-3°-10°457
- M-3°-11°484
- A0°-10°313
- M5°-6°213
- J8°-2°160
- J14°1°48
- A14°1°59
- S11°-1°149
- O5°-4°382
- N-2°-8°682
- D-4°-9°705
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
- 3.6 km · 2.2 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain
- Mount Saint Helens (mountain, 2,078 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- South Washington Cascades (Cascade Range › Pacific Coast Ranges; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 37 km NE of Amboy (Clark County, Washington) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Gifford Pinchot National Forest
- Connects to
- Ptarmigan (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jul–Aug
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Washington
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 46.1909, -122.1933
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.
Nearest trails
distance from the trail centreLoowit
1.7 mi · 2.7 km · Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Butte Camp
2.0 mi · 3.1 km · Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Ptarmigan
2.0 mi · 3.2 km · Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Sheep Canyon
2.5 mi · 4.0 km · Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Swift Creek Ski
2.7 mi · 4.4 km · Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Toutle
3.0 mi · 4.8 km · Gifford Pinchot National Forest
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