Black Mountain
- 4,898 ft
- summit
- Jul–Sep
- best months
Black Mountain is a mountain in British Columbia, Canada, with its summit at about 4,900 ft (1,493 m) above sea level. It stands inside Skimikin Trails Recreation Site. No mapped trail reaches the top in OpenStreetMap, so plan the approach with local maps or a guide. The nearest town is Sorrento, about 4.1 miles south of the summit. Peaks within about 3 miles include Mount Hilliam. For camping, Group Camp is within about 6 miles. The location and elevation come from OpenStreetMap and the Copernicus 90 m elevation model. Check local access rules and conditions before you go.
- Summit elevation
- 4,898 ft
We don't know of a mapped trail or route to the summit of Black Mountain. Plan the approach with local maps, a guidebook or a local guide, and check conditions before you go.
Questions about Black Mountain
How tall is Black Mountain?
4,898 ft (1,493 m).
Is there a trail to the top of Black Mountain?
We don't know of a mapped trail or route to the summit. Plan the approach with local maps, a guidebook or a local guide.
Mount TodSummit · ~37 min drivePhoto: Green slash, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Mount HilliamSummit · ~2 min drive
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Best time to visit Black Mountain
Best months: July–September. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where there's no snowfall data), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
24° / 13°
14 wet
Feb
28° / 14°
12 wet
Mar
36° / 19°
13 wet
Apr
44° / 25°
12 wet
May
55° / 34°
15 wet
Jun
63° / 41°
14 wet
Jul
69° / 47°
11 wet
Aug
69° / 48°
10 wet
Sep
59° / 41°
11 wet
Oct
45° / 31°
13 wet
Nov
31° / 21°
16 wet
Dec
23° / 14°
15 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1981–2010. Modelled for the 1 km square this place sits in (average height 4,406 ft), not measured at a weather station. Snowfall days aren't in this data. Source: CHELSA 1 km climate model (1981–2010) and CRU TS 4.09 wet days. Data: CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al. 2017), WSL (CC0 1.0); CRU TS 4.09 (Harris et al. 2020), University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. (Open Government Licence v3.0).
Conditions and forecast
Daily highs and lows, wind and the chance of precipitation at the summit for the next 7 days, from the Open-Meteo model.
Map and trail data © OpenStreetMap contributors
