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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jul–Aug · highs 18–18 °C (64–64 °F)
- J-10°-20°22
- F-8°-19°24
- M-3°-15°48
- A2°-11°79
- M8°-6°128
- J13°-2°139
- J18°2°72
- A18°2°67
- S12°-3°60
- O4°-8°62
- N-5°-15°35
- D-11°-21°25
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
- 5.2 km · 3.2 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain
- South Baldy Mountain (mountain, 3,077 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Tobacco Root Mountains (Rocky Mountains › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 20 km N of Virginia City (Madison County, Montana) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
- Best months
- Jul–Aug
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Montana
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 45.4672, -111.9104
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.
Nearest trails
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1.9 mi · 3.1 km · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Table Mountain
2.2 mi · 3.6 km · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Kid Mountain Loop
2.5 mi · 4.0 km · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Ramshorn
3.0 mi · 4.8 km · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
North Meadow Creek
3.2 mi · 5.2 km · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
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