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South Fork Big Wash Trail
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Jun, Aug–Oct · highs 15–27 °C (59–81 °F)
- J1°-10°25
- F2°-9°31
- M6°-5°33
- A12°-1°32
- M18°5°30
- J24°11°25
- J28°15°27
- A27°14°34
- S22°9°35
- O15°2°38
- N7°-5°22
- D1°-9°20
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
- 7.8 km · 4.8 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- Data from
- National Park Service
- Mountain
- Castle Butte (mountain, 2,219 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Snake Range (Great Basin Ranges › Intermountain West; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 73 km SE of Ely (White Pine County, Nevada) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Great Basin National Park
- Best months
- May–Jun, Aug–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Nevada
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 38.8775, -114.2038
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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