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Pipestone Pass to Fish Lakes (Upper)
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jul–Aug · highs 13–13 °C (55–55 °F)
- J-13°-19°88
- F-10°-18°59
- M-6°-14°64
- A-1°-10°68
- M3°-5°103
- J8°-1°143
- J13°2°142
- A13°2°133
- S7°-3°98
- O-1°-10°76
- N-9°-16°91
- D-15°-20°79
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
- 16 km · 10 mi (Parks Canada route geometry)
- Source
- Parks Canada Trails APCA (Open Government Licence – Canada)
- French name
- Col Pipestone au lacs-Fish (supérieure)
- Mountain range
- Murchison Group (Central Front Ranges › Canadian Rockies; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 29 km N of Lake Louise (Improvement District No. 9, Alberta) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Banff National Park
- Connects to
- Isabella to Clearwater, Pipestone Fish Lakes Connector (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jul–Aug
- Country
- Canada
- Region
- Alberta
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 51.6809, -116.2341
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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