Mount Forster
- 8,146 ft
- summit
- Aug
- best months
Mount Forster is a mountain in British Columbia, Canada, with its summit at about 8,150 ft (2,483 m) above sea level. No mapped trail reaches the top in OpenStreetMap, so plan the approach with local maps or a guide. The nearest town is Radium Hot Springs, about 9.6 miles west of the summit. 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
- 8,146 ft
We don't know of a mapped trail or route to the summit of Mount Forster. Plan the approach with local maps, a guidebook or a local guide, and check conditions before you go.
Questions about Mount Forster
How tall is Mount Forster?
8,146 ft (2,483 m).
Is there a trail to the top of Mount Forster?
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.
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Also worth it near here
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Mount Farnham: Farnham N Trail to 6,900 ft (from Horsethief Creek Forest Service Road road end)Mountaineering · ~19 min drivePhoto: Eternalsleeper at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Radium Hot SpringsHot spring · ~20 min drivePhoto: Ken Thomas, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)
Best time to visit Mount Forster
Best months: August. 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
13° / -1°
12 wet
Feb
19° / 1°
9 wet
Mar
26° / 8°
10 wet
Apr
34° / 15°
9 wet
May
43° / 22°
13 wet
Jun
53° / 31°
15 wet
Jul
60° / 36°
13 wet
Aug
60° / 36°
12 wet
Sep
51° / 28°
11 wet
Oct
36° / 17°
10 wet
Nov
20° / 3°
12 wet
Dec
10° / -5°
11 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 7,598 ft), not measured at a weather station. The square averages about 500 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. 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
