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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Sep · highs 11–21 °C (52–70 °F)
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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.
About this trail
This 3.3 mile heavily used trail passes numerous lakes prior to its connection with the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail #2000 within Indian Heaven Wilderness.
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Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 5.3 km · 3.3 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 5.2 km · 3.2 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Gifford Peak (mountain, 1,592 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- South Washington Cascades (Cascade Range › Pacific Coast Ranges; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 21 km W of Trout Lake (Klickitat County, Washington) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Gifford Pinchot National Forest
- Connects to
- Pcnst (National Scenic Trail: Pacific Crest) (at its start or end)
- Best months
- May–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Washington
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Regional route
- Ref
- 111
- Operator (OSM)
- US Forest Service
- Route centre
- 45.9950, -121.8172
- Route start
- 45.9842, -121.7953
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 15520878
- Official info
- fs.usda.gov/recarea/giffordpinchot/recarea/?reci
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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