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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jul–Aug · highs 20–20 °C (68–68 °F)
- J-8°-16°104
- F-6°-15°80
- M-2°-11°93
- A2°-9°98
- M7°-6°145
- J15°0°113
- J20°5°71
- A20°5°71
- S14°0°81
- O6°-6°95
- N-3°-13°111
- D-8°-16°112
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
- 9.5 km · 5.9 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain
- Palisades Peak (mountain, 2,949 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Snake River Range (Rocky Mountains › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 22 km SW of Wilson (Teton County, Wyoming) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Caribou-Targhee National Forest
- Connects to
- Austin Canyon, Dry Canyon, Sheep Camp (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jul–Aug
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Idaho
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 43.4092, -111.0790
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 centreSheep Camp
0.4 mi · 0.6 km · Caribou-Targhee National Forest
Vacation Canyon
0.6 mi · 0.9 km · Caribou-Targhee National Forest
Dry Canyon
0.7 mi · 1.1 km · Caribou-Targhee National Forest
Neely Cove
1.3 mi · 2.0 km · Caribou-Targhee National Forest
Austin/Neely
1.5 mi · 2.4 km · Caribou-Targhee National Forest
Austin Canyon
1.6 mi · 2.5 km · Caribou-Targhee National Forest
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