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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jul–Aug · highs 11–12 °C (52–54 °F)
- J-9°-14°86
- F-8°-13°75
- M-5°-11°63
- A-1°-7°44
- M4°-3°46
- J10°3°57
- J12°6°103
- A11°5°158
- S7°1°161
- O-1°-5°130
- N-6°-11°106
- D-8°-12°113
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
- 2.8 km · 1.7 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- State agency
- Data from
- Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Department of Parks and Outdoor Recreation
- Mountain range
- Western Chugach Mountains (Chugach Mountains › Pacific Coast Ranges; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 22 km S of Elmendorf Air Force Base (Anchorage Municipality, Alaska) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Jul–Aug
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Alaska
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 61.0582, -149.6330
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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