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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 13–19 °C (55–66 °F)
- J-6°-13°56
- F-4°-13°54
- M0°-10°59
- A3°-7°75
- M8°-3°131
- J14°2°148
- J19°6°78
- A19°6°82
- S13°1°78
- O6°-4°59
- N-2°-11°62
- D-7°-15°60
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
- 11 km · 7 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
- Lookout Mountain (mountain, 2,487 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Flathead Range (Rocky Mountains › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 57 km S of Heart Butte (Pondera County, Montana) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
- Connects to
- North Wall (National Scenic Trail: Continental Divide), South Fork Red Shale (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Montana
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 47.7930, -113.0325
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 centreSouth Fork Red Shale
0.9 mi · 1.5 km · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
Red Shale- Lick Creek
1.7 mi · 2.8 km · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
Three Sisters
2.4 mi · 3.9 km · Flathead National Forest
North Fork Lick Creek
4.5 mi · 7.2 km · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
North Fork Sun Cutacross
4.8 mi · 7.8 km · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
Bungalow Mtn.
5.1 mi · 8.2 km · Flathead National Forest
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