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Pioneer Loop National Recreati
On Foolhen Mountain, Pioneer Mountains
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 14–20 °C (57–68 °F)
- J-5°-14°32
- F-4°-14°26
- M0°-11°40
- A3°-8°55
- M8°-4°97
- J15°1°108
- J20°6°66
- A20°5°62
- S14°1°55
- O6°-5°44
- N-2°-12°45
- D-6°-16°36
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
Pioneer Loop National Recreati is a trail in Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Montana, United States of America, about 27 km (17 mi) in length. It is on Foolhen Mountain in the Pioneer Mountains. It lies about 50 km southwest of Anaconda.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Length
- 27 km · 17 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain
- Foolhen Mountain (mountain, 2,770 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Pioneer Mountains (Rocky Mountains › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 50 km SW of Anaconda (Deer Lodge County, Montana) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
- Connects to
- Lost Horse, Stone Creek (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Montana
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 45.7150, -113.2038
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 centreLost Horse
0.9 mi · 1.4 km · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Stone Creek
2.0 mi · 3.2 km · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Deboose Creek
2.2 mi · 3.6 km · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Christiansen Creek
2.9 mi · 4.6 km · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Foolhen Ridge
3.3 mi · 5.3 km · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Doolittle Creek
3.6 mi · 5.8 km · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
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