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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Aug · highs 13–16 °C (55–61 °F)
- J-6°-11°170
- F-5°-10°123
- M-3°-8°110
- A2°-3°75
- M6°1°63
- J13°6°60
- J16°10°84
- A15°9°170
- S9°4°243
- O1°-4°232
- N-4°-9°170
- D-5°-10°200
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
- 16 km · 10 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
- Kenai Mountains (Pacific Coast Ranges › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 29 km NW of Bear Creek (Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Chugach National Forest
- Best months
- Jun–Aug
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Alaska
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 60.3482, -149.7490
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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