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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 14–20 °C (57–68 °F)
- J-5°-13°123
- F-4°-12°108
- M0°-9°98
- A4°-6°87
- M9°-2°130
- J15°3°161
- J20°7°85
- A20°6°77
- S14°2°91
- O6°-3°91
- N-2°-9°124
- D-7°-14°126
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
- 13 km · 8 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Designation
- Continental Divide
- Mountain
- Big Lodge Mountain (mountain, 2,317 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Rocky Mountain Front (Rocky Mountains › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 30 km SW of Heart Butte (Pondera County, Montana) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
- Connects to
- Elbow Creek (National Scenic Trail: Continental Divide), Lodgepole Creek (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Montana
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 48.2035, -113.1805
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 centreKip Creek
2.1 mi · 3.3 km · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
Elbow Creek
3.0 mi · 4.9 km · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
Lee Creek-Sidney Creek
3.1 mi · 5.0 km · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
Lodgepole Creek
3.9 mi · 6.3 km · Flathead National Forest
Goat Mountain
3.9 mi · 6.4 km · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
Blue Lake Spur
4.0 mi · 6.4 km · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
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