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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 12–17 °C (54–63 °F)
- J-6°-12°189
- F-4°-11°130
- M-1°-9°93
- A2°-7°52
- M6°-4°52
- J12°0°50
- J17°4°29
- A17°4°26
- S13°1°36
- O5°-5°115
- N-4°-10°208
- D-7°-13°202
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
The War Creek Trail #408 is a historic route that follows War Creek within Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Wilderness to a high pass that has wonderful views of the Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Mountains range.
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Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 9.1 km · 5.7 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 15 km · 10 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Sawtooth Ridge (Methow Mountains › North Cascades; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 35 km W of Twisp (Okanogan County, Washington) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Lake Chelan National Recreation Area
- Connects to
- Boulder Creek Trail, Purple Creek Trail (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Washington
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Regional route
- Ref
- 408
- Operator (OSM)
- Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
- Route centre
- 48.3405, -120.5023
- Route start
- 48.3209, -120.5880
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 21466320
- Official info
- fs.usda.gov/r06/okanogan-wenatchee/recreation/tr
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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