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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Jul · highs 11–14 °C (52–57 °F)
- J-6°-11°482
- F-6°-10°360
- M-4°-9°327
- A0°-4°328
- M4°0°247
- J11°4°175
- J14°8°189
- A14°8°303
- S8°3°443
- O0°-3°466
- N-4°-8°430
- D-5°-9°526
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
- 4.9 km · 3.0 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Nearest town
- 28 km S of Girdwood (Anchorage Municipality, Alaska) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Chugach National Forest
- Best months
- Jun–Jul
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Alaska
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 60.7086, -149.0028
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.