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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Oct · highs 11–24 °C (52–75 °F)
- J-1°-8°66
- F1°-8°55
- M4°-5°55
- A8°-2°59
- M13°2°89
- J19°7°106
- J24°11°55
- A24°11°56
- S18°6°60
- O11°0°57
- N2°-7°73
- D-3°-10°69
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
- 21 km · 13 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain
- Solitude Point (mountain, 1,444 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Flathead Range (Rocky Mountains › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 56 km N of Seeley Lake (Missoula County, Montana) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Flathead National Forest
- Connects to
- Black Bear Bridge Ford (at its start or end)
- Best months
- May–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Montana
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 47.6520, -113.3474
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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4.4 mi · 7.1 km · Flathead National Forest
Helen Cr.
4.8 mi · 7.8 km · Flathead National Forest
Charlotte Peak
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Chasm
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