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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Sep · highs 12–22 °C (54–72 °F)
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- F0°-7°110
- M3°-5°76
- A7°-3°44
- M12°1°56
- J17°5°54
- J22°8°29
- A22°8°24
- S18°5°31
- O9°0°90
- N1°-6°171
- D-3°-9°181
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.
About this trail
The trail is steep in several sections and traverses fragile soils above 6800 feet. Most of this trail was burned over in the 2018 Crescent Fire and much of the trail is dry and dusty during the summer.
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Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 11 km · 7 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 11 km · 7 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Sawtooth Ridge (Methow Mountains › North Cascades; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 22 km W of Twisp (Okanogan County, Washington) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
- Best months
- May–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Washington
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Regional route
- Ref
- 410A
- Operator (OSM)
- Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
- Route centre
- 48.2976, -120.4415
- Route start
- 48.3299, -120.4190
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 21373910
- Official info
- fs.usda.gov/r06/okanogan-wenatchee/recreation/tr
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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