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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 15–22 °C (59–72 °F)
- J-9°-19°34
- F-7°-18°30
- M-3°-13°37
- A3°-8°52
- M10°-2°77
- J16°3°74
- J22°8°46
- A21°8°38
- S15°2°35
- O7°-4°41
- N-3°-13°36
- D-9°-20°39
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
- 9.7 km · 6.0 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
- Southern Lost River Range (Lost River Range › Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 38 km N of Arco (Butte County, Idaho) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Salmon-Challis National Forest
- Connects to
- Van Dorn Canyon (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Idaho
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 43.9766, -113.3047
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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