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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 16–22 °C (61–72 °F)
- J-4°-12°75
- F-2°-12°63
- M2°-9°60
- A5°-7°68
- M10°-3°77
- J16°2°73
- J22°6°36
- A22°6°33
- S17°2°40
- O9°-3°57
- N0°-11°86
- D-5°-14°95
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
- 8.9 km · 5.5 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
- East Salmon River Mountains (Salmon River Mountains › Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 69 km W of Challis (Custer County, Idaho) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Salmon-Challis National Forest
- Connects to
- East Fork Thomas Creek, Sheep Mtn Ridge (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Idaho
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 44.6951, -115.0516
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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Sheep Mtn Ridge
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