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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jul–Aug · highs 18–19 °C (64–66 °F)
- J-8°-17°63
- F-6°-17°56
- M-2°-13°86
- A1°-10°122
- M7°-6°190
- J13°-1°199
- J19°4°114
- A18°3°108
- S12°-2°99
- O4°-8°99
- N-4°-15°74
- D-9°-18°67
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
- 19 km · 12 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain
- Elephant Mountain (mountain, 3,054 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Hyalite Peak (Gallatin Range › Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 23 km SE of Gallatin Gateway (Gallatin County, Montana) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Custer Gallatin National Forest
- Connects to
- Blackmore (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jul–Aug
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Montana
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 45.4763, -111.0355
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
distance from the trail centreHistory Rock
0.7 mi · 1.2 km · Custer Gallatin National Forest
Wheeler Gulch
2.1 mi · 3.4 km · Custer Gallatin National Forest
Moose Jaw
2.8 mi · 4.4 km · Custer Gallatin National Forest
Blackmore
2.8 mi · 4.6 km · Custer Gallatin National Forest
Storm Castle Ridge
2.8 mi · 4.6 km · Custer Gallatin National Forest
Lower Big Bear
3.1 mi · 4.9 km · Custer Gallatin National Forest
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