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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Sep · highs 10–21 °C (50–70 °F)
- J-1°-7°189
- F1°-7°124
- M3°-5°92
- A6°-2°52
- M10°0°44
- J16°4°41
- J21°8°25
- A21°8°24
- S17°5°35
- O9°0°116
- N1°-6°208
- D-3°-8°195
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
- 7.4 km · 4.6 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- Data from
- National Park Service
- Mountain range
- North Methow Mountains (Methow Mountains › North Cascades; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 43 km W of Twisp (Okanogan County, Washington) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Lake Chelan National Recreation Area
- Connects to
- Rainbow Creek Trail (at its start or end)
- Best months
- May–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Washington
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 48.3871, -120.7107
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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