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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 17–23 °C (63–73 °F)
- J-3°-11°72
- F-2°-10°58
- M2°-7°63
- A7°-4°66
- M12°-1°90
- J18°4°92
- J23°8°66
- A23°8°50
- S17°4°49
- O9°-2°58
- N1°-9°75
- D-4°-12°82
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
You climb 1,500 feet (0.47 km) in 3 miles (4.8 km) to a panoramic view of the Gibbon and Madison rivers.
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Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 4.8 km · 3.0 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 5.4 km · 3.4 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Purple Mountain (mountain, 2,558 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Madison Plateau (Yellowstone Plateau › Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 20 km E of West Yellowstone (Gallatin County, Montana) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Yellowstone National Park
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Wyoming
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- NPS
- From / to
- Purple Mountain Trailhead
- Route centre
- 44.6542, -110.8552
- Route start
- 44.6465, -110.8551
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 13180713
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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