Whetstone Ridge Trail other trails nearby (tap a dot to open it)
Get directions · Google MapsApple Maps
USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain) · OpenStreetMap · Basemap: OpenFreeMap (OpenMapTiles, © OSM contributors).
7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 16–22 °C (61–72 °F)
- J-4°-12°36
- F-2°-12°32
- M1°-9°44
- A5°-6°57
- M11°-2°94
- J16°3°97
- J22°7°51
- A21°6°51
- S16°2°54
- O8°-3°44
- N0°-10°48
- D-5°-14°40
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
- 15 km · 9 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
- Sapphire Mountains (Rocky Mountains › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 37 km SW of Philipsburg (Granite County, Montana) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
- Connects to
- South Fork Trail (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Montana
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 46.0710, -113.6169
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.
More trails in the Sapphire Mountains
All 82 →Nearest trails
distance from the trail centreGreen Canyon Trail
1.9 mi · 3.1 km · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
South Fork Trail
3.1 mi · 4.9 km · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Ross Fork Trail
5.0 mi · 8.0 km · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Medicine Lake Trail
5.1 mi · 8.2 km · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Obrien Ridge Trail
5.1 mi · 8.2 km · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Sign Creek
5.3 mi · 8.5 km · Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
All trails in Montana → · All 36,834 trails in United States of America →