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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 12–18 °C (54–64 °F)
- J-7°-14°35
- F-4°-13°28
- M0°-10°34
- A4°-6°43
- M8°-1°74
- J14°3°106
- J18°6°100
- A18°6°90
- S12°1°65
- O5°-5°38
- N-3°-12°39
- D-8°-15°32
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
- 2.5 km · 1.6 mi (Parks Canada route geometry)
- Source
- Parks Canada Trails APCA (Open Government Licence – Canada)
- French name
- Chemin Scotch Camp
- Mountain range
- Bare Range (Central Front Ranges › Canadian Rockies; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 36 km NE of Lake Louise (Improvement District No. 9, Alberta) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Banff National Park
- Connects to
- Cascade Valley, Scotch Camp South Shortcut (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Country
- Canada
- Region
- Alberta
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 51.6666, -115.8398
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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