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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
No month meets all three rules below at this spot.
- J-4°-9°681
- F-4°-8°512
- M-2°-7°464
- A2°-2°478
- M6°1°382
- J13°6°264
- J16°10°280
- A15°10°436
- S11°5°625
- O3°-1°651
- N-2°-6°595
- D-3°-7°732
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
- Mapped length
- 3.5 km · 2.2 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Kenai Mountains (Pacific Coast Ranges › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 30 km SE of Girdwood (Anchorage Municipality, Alaska) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Chugach National Forest
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Alaska
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Route centre
- 60.7670, -148.7533
- Route start
- 60.7584, -148.7751
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 21375494
- Official info
- fs.usda.gov/r10/chugach/recreation/trails/portag
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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