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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Sep · highs 13–25 °C (55–77 °F)
- J-2°-11°64
- F1°-10°53
- M5°-6°53
- A8°-4°62
- M13°0°80
- J20°5°80
- J25°10°38
- A25°9°36
- S20°5°40
- O12°-1°50
- N2°-9°73
- D-3°-13°65
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
- 50 km · 31 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain
- Square Top (mountain, 2,545 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Central Bitteroot Range (Bitterroot Range › Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 73 km W of Salmon (Lemhi County, Idaho) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Salmon-Challis National Forest
- Connects to
- Horse Creek, Waugh Mtn-West Horse (at its start or end)
- Best months
- May–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Idaho
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 45.4785, -114.7123
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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Stripe Creek-Divide
2.3 mi · 3.7 km · Salmon-Challis National Forest
Surprise Creek
3.0 mi · 4.8 km · Bitterroot National Forest
Roan Ridge
3.4 mi · 5.5 km · Salmon-Challis National Forest
Filly Creek
4.1 mi · 6.6 km · Salmon-Challis National Forest
Waugh Mtn-West Horse
4.1 mi · 6.7 km · Bitterroot National Forest
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