Snake Trail
- 0.3 mi
- round trip
- 96 ft
- climb
- 890 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
- Sep
- best months
Snake Trail is a short, moderate cross-country ski route in Maine, about 2 miles from the town of Monson. The trail is an out-and-back that covers roughly 0.6 miles, with a high point of about 890 feet and a low of about 796 feet. The climb is gentle, with a total gain and loss of about 96 feet, and the steepest stretch comes at about 0.16 miles in, with a grade of about 7 percent. Winter is the natural season for this trail. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Greenville show January highs around 23°F with lows near 5°F, while March runs a bit milder, with highs around 34°F. The station sits about 150 feet higher than the trail, so temperatures on the trail may run slightly warmer. Several other ski routes lie within a tenth of a mile, including Craig's Trail Loop, Arthur's Loop and Craig's Orchard Loop. For a change of pace, the Meandering Moose hike is about 0.4 miles away.
Best time to go · Sep
Best time to visit Snake 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, 10.9 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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