Frenchtown Road
- 0.7 mi
- round trip
- 96 ft
- climb
- 1,528 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
- Sep
- best months
Frenchtown Road is a short, easy cross-country ski route in Maine, set within The Roaches CE, a land unit managed by a non-governmental organization. The route is an out-and-back of about 1.4 miles, with a total elevation gain of 96 feet, and it starts at roughly 1,502 feet, rising to a high point of 1,528 feet before returning to the starting level. Winter is the natural season for this ski route. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Greenville, which sits about 490 feet lower, show January highs around 23°F with lows near 5°F, and February is similar. Temperatures on the route run cooler than those figures. Several other routes lie close by. Hedgehog Mountain Trail is about half a mile away, and First West Branch and First West Branch Cutoff are each about 0.7 miles off. East Side Trail is about 0.9 miles away.
Best time to go · Sep
Best time to visit Frenchtown Road
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, 17.4 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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