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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Sep · highs 13–23 °C (55–73 °F)
- J-3°-12°27
- F-1°-11°22
- M3°-8°39
- A7°-4°55
- M13°1°102
- J18°5°108
- J23°9°64
- A23°9°50
- S17°4°50
- O9°-1°42
- N1°-7°30
- D-4°-13°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.
Trail facts
- Length
- 6.5 km · 4.0 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain range
- Little Belt Mountains (Rocky Mountains › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 46 km S of Belt (Cascade County, Montana) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
- Connects to
- Taylor Hills (at its start or end)
- Best months
- May–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Montana
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 46.9790, -111.0480
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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