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Poplar Ridge Trail
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 14–19 °C (57–66 °F)
- J-5°-14°20
- F-3°-14°18
- M1°-11°28
- A5°-7°39
- M10°-2°74
- J15°3°108
- J19°6°106
- A18°6°85
- S14°1°63
- O6°-4°29
- N-2°-11°24
- D-6°-15°19
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
- 15 km · 9 mi (Parks Canada route geometry)
- Source
- Parks Canada Trails APCA (Open Government Licence – Canada)
- French name
- Sentier de la Crête Poplar
- Mountain range
- Clearwater Ranges (Central Front Ranges › Canadian Rockies; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 59 km NE of Lake Louise (Improvement District No. 9, Alberta) · GeoNames
- Connects to
- YMCA Camp (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Country
- Canada
- Region
- Alberta
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 51.7416, -115.5122
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.