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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Sep · highs 16–23 °C (61–73 °F)
- J-10°-18°26
- F-6°-15°24
- M0°-9°29
- A8°-2°56
- M16°6°78
- J21°12°102
- J23°15°96
- A23°14°89
- S17°10°90
- O9°3°81
- N1°-5°51
- D-7°-14°30
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
A very rugged 30 mile trail in the BWCA. A trail guide can be found at https://www.boundarywaterstrails.org/powwow-trail-guide/ Volunteers have been hard at work and the trail is once again passible but there are still difficult sections.
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Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 48 km · 30 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 49 km · 30 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 43 km E of Ely (Saint Louis County, Minnesota) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Superior National Forest
- Best months
- May–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Minnesota
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- Superior National Forest
- Route centre
- 47.8441, -91.3840
- Route start
- 47.8010, -91.3063
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 11762860
- Official info
- fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd475032.
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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12 mi · 19 km · Superior National Forest
Gegoka Flathorn Connector B
12 mi · 19 km · Superior National Forest
Kekekabic Trail
12 mi · 20 km · Superior National Forest
Gegoka Flathorn Connector D
12 mi · 20 km · Superior National Forest
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