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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 17–22 °C (63–72 °F)
- J-5°-14°58
- F-3°-13°49
- M1°-9°46
- A5°-7°60
- M11°-3°85
- J17°2°90
- J22°7°46
- A22°6°47
- S17°2°47
- O9°-4°47
- N-1°-12°67
- D-7°-16°60
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
- 5.0 km · 3.1 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain
- Thunder Mountain (mountain, 2,298 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Central Bitteroot Range (Bitterroot Range › Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 51 km S of Darby (Ravalli County, Montana) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Bitterroot National Forest
- Connects to
- Salt Creek (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Montana
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 45.5728, -114.2659
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.
Nearest trails
distance from the trail centreSalt Creek
1.6 mi · 2.5 km · Bitterroot National Forest
Chrandall Creek
2.3 mi · 3.7 km · Bitterroot National Forest
Northside Hughes Creek
2.4 mi · 3.9 km · Bitterroot National Forest
Salt/Johnson Creek
2.8 mi · 4.6 km · Bitterroot National Forest
Mill Gulch
4.6 mi · 7.4 km · Bitterroot National Forest
Divide Trail
5.8 mi · 9.4 km · Salmon-Challis National Forest
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