Callie's Trail
- 1.0 mi
- round trip
- 150 ft
- climb
- 1,318 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
- Sep
- best months
Callie's Trail is a cross-country ski route on the Katahdin Iron Works lands in Maine, managed by a non-governmental organization. Rated easy, it runs about 1 mile one way, making a roughly 2-mile out-and-back trip. The terrain is gentle throughout. Skiers climb about 105 feet on the way out and about 150 feet over the full round trip, between a low of roughly 1,220 feet and a high near 1,320 feet. The trail starts at about 1,240 feet, and the steepest pitch, around a 6 percent grade, comes near the 0.9-mile mark, close to the turnaround. For ski conditions, plan around midwinter. Typical January averages at a nearby weather station in Greenville run from highs around 23°F to lows near 5°F, and because that station sits lower than the trail, temperatures on the route tend to run a bit cooler. Several other routes start close by, including the Lodge to Lodge Trail and Upper Valley Road for more skiing, and the Head of the Gulf Trail and Deadwater Trail within about a mile.
Best time to go · Sep
Best time to visit Callie's Trail
Best months: September. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
23° / 5°
13 wet
Feb
25° / 7°
12 wet
Mar
34° / 17°
13 wet
Apr
46° / 29°
13 wet
May
62° / 41°
14 wet
Jun
70° / 51°
14 wet
Jul
75° / 57°
15 wet
Aug
74° / 56°
13 wet
Sep
66° / 48°
11 wet
Oct
52° / 37°
13 wet
Nov
39° / 26°
14 wet
Dec
28° / 15°
16 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Greenville Maine Forestry Svc, ME, 11.7 mi away at 1,037 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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