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Wolverine Ck-Little Elk Mtn
On Little Elk Mountain, Caribou Mountains
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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-5°-14°75
- F-3°-13°63
- M0°-9°73
- A4°-7°78
- M10°-3°116
- J17°2°91
- J22°7°53
- A22°6°50
- S16°2°62
- O8°-4°75
- N-1°-11°82
- D-6°-14°83
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
- 8.0 km · 5.0 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain
- Little Elk Mountain (mountain, 2,672 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Caribou Mountains (Rocky Mountains › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 24 km W of Alpine (Lincoln County, Wyoming) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Caribou-Targhee National Forest
- Connects to
- Elk Mountain Ridge (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Idaho
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 43.2112, -111.3045
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.
Nearest trails
distance from the trail centreElk Mountain Ridge
0.6 mi · 1.0 km · Caribou-Targhee National Forest
Deadman Creek
0.9 mi · 1.4 km · Caribou-Targhee National Forest
Five Pines
1.5 mi · 2.5 km · Caribou-Targhee National Forest
Clear Creek Caribou Basin
2.3 mi · 3.8 km · Caribou-Targhee National Forest
Little Elk Mountain
2.5 mi · 4.0 km · Caribou-Targhee National Forest
Box Canyon
2.7 mi · 4.4 km · Caribou-Targhee National Forest
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