Gorman Lodge Trail
- 0.3 mi
- round trip
- 12 ft
- climb
- 1,391 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
- Sep
- best months
Gorman Lodge Trail is a short, easy cross-country ski route on Katahdin Iron Works in northern Maine, a land unit managed by a non-governmental organization. The trail is about half a mile long, and it's an out-and-back that stays nearly flat, with a total climb of about 12 feet one way and a steepest grade of about 4% at roughly 0.14 miles from the start. Winter is the season for skiing here. Typical averages from a nearby weather station show January highs around 23°F with lows near 5°F, and December and January bring the most wet days of the year. That station sits several hundred feet lower than the trail, so temperatures on the route run a bit cooler. Trout Brook Trail is about 0.6 miles away, and Deadwater Trail is about 0.7 miles away. Long Pond Road and Long Pond Trail are both about 0.8 miles from the route.
Best time to go · Sep
Best time to visit Gorman Lodge 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, 10.5 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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