Trails › United States of America › Alaska › Chugach Mountains
Thompson Pass Pack Trail
Next nearby hike: Boulder Creek 20 mi · 33 kmExplore Chugach Mountains →
Get directions · Google MapsApple Maps
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Full route · OpenStreetMap · Basemap: OpenFreeMap (OpenMapTiles, © OSM contributors).
7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Jul · highs 12–15 °C (54–59 °F)
- J-10°-15°237
- F-9°-14°193
- M-7°-12°159
- A0°-5°117
- M6°1°105
- J12°6°115
- J15°9°155
- A14°8°222
- S8°3°301
- O-1°-6°292
- N-8°-13°210
- D-8°-13°282
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
- 3.1 km · 1.9 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Chugach Mountains (Pacific Coast Ranges › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 31 km E of Valdez (Chugach Census Area, Alaska) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Jun–Jul
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Alaska
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Route centre
- 61.1220, -145.7496
- Route start
- 61.1179, -145.7707
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 15036604
- Official info
- valdezalaska.org/discover/hiking-trails/thompson
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.
More trails in the Chugach Mountains
All 94 →Nearest trails
distance from the trail startBoulder Creek
20 mi · 33 km · Alaska
54 Mile
24 mi · 39 km · Alaska
Jackson Creek Trail
25 mi · 40 km · Chugach National Forest
Shoup Bay
25 mi · 40 km · Alaska
Silver Lake Trail
26 mi · 42 km · Chugach National Forest
Cleave Creek Trail
29 mi · 46 km · Alaska
All trails in Alaska → · All 36,834 trails in United States of America →