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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Aug · highs 12–14 °C (54–57 °F)
- J-10°-14°73
- F-8°-13°60
- M-4°-11°50
- A0°-6°34
- M6°-1°43
- J12°4°57
- J14°8°101
- A13°7°146
- S8°2°135
- O0°-5°108
- N-6°-12°92
- D-8°-13°94
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
- Mapped length
- 8.8 km · 5.5 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Western Chugach Mountains (Chugach Mountains › Pacific Coast Ranges; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 9.8 km E of Elmendorf Air Force Base (Anchorage Municipality, Alaska) · GeoNames
- Connects to
- South Fork Eagle River (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jun–Aug
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Alaska
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Route centre
- 61.2047, -149.4200
- Route start
- 61.2326, -149.4561
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 17038749
- Official info
- dnr.alaska.gov/parks/maps/southforkvalleytrail.p
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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