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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 15–21 °C (59–70 °F)
- J-5°-12°68
- F-3°-11°59
- M1°-8°58
- A5°-5°69
- M10°-2°109
- J16°3°126
- J21°7°65
- A21°7°68
- S15°2°68
- O7°-3°61
- N-1°-10°74
- D-6°-14°70
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
- 4.1 km · 2.5 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain
- Packrat Mountain (mountain, 1,639 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Flathead Alps (Flathead Range › Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 45 km NE of Seeley Lake (Missoula County, Montana) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Flathead National Forest
- Connects to
- Tillson - Shale (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Montana
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 47.5357, -113.1987
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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White River
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West Side South Fork
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