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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct · highs 13–25 °C (55–77 °F)
- J5°-3°155
- F6°-2°129
- M9°-1°110
- A13°0°61
- M18°4°41
- J24°8°21
- J29°12°8
- A29°12°11
- S25°9°14
- O18°5°61
- N9°0°148
- D5°-3°194
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
- 16 km · 10 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain range
- North Salmon Mountains (Salmon Mountains › Klamath Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 39 km S of Etna (Siskiyou County, California) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Klamath National Forest
- Connects to
- Rush Creek (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 41.1314, -123.0641
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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