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West Fork Clearwater River
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Sep · highs 13–23 °C (55–73 °F)
- J-3°-11°95
- F-1°-10°74
- M3°-6°66
- A7°-3°64
- M13°0°96
- J18°5°108
- J23°9°51
- A23°9°55
- S18°5°64
- O9°-1°72
- N0°-8°106
- D-5°-12°96
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
- 12 km · 7 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain range
- Mission Mountains (Rocky Mountains › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 20 km NW of Seeley Lake (Missoula County, Montana) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Lolo National Forest
- Best months
- May–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Montana
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 47.3161, -113.6546
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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