Cougar Trail
- 1.1 mi
- round trip
- 115 ft
- climb
- 2,551 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
- Apr–Oct
- best months
Is Cougar Trail open right now?
No closures listed
The Forest Service lists no closures for Colville National Forest.
As of · Source: USFS · Colville National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Cougar Trail is a short out-and-back cross-country ski route in Washington's Colville National Forest, within the Newport Ranger District. The Forest Service manages the land, and the trail's low point sits at about 2,482 feet, with a high of roughly 2,551 feet, a total climb of about 115 feet over a 2.1-mile round trip. The most comfortable months for a ski outing are typically December through March, when typical averages from a nearby weather station in Newport run from highs near 32°F in January to about 38°F in February. That station sits several hundred feet lower than the trail, so temperatures on the route run a little cooler. Chipmunk Trail and Ponderosa Trail, both cross-country ski routes, lie about 0.1 mile away, and Whitetail Trail is a hike at a similar distance. No Name Lake campground is about 3 miles off.
Local outfitters
- Nordman Resort27 mi away
- MiVoden39 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
Best time to go · Apr–Oct
Best time to visit Cougar Trail
Best months: April–October. 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
32° / 24°
Feb
38° / 23°
Mar
48° / 28°
Apr
57° / 33°
May
68° / 41°
Jun
74° / 46°
Jul
84° / 51°
Aug
83° / 49°
Sep
73° / 41°
Oct
56° / 34°
Nov
40° / 28°
Dec
32° / 23°
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Newport, WA, 5.9 mi away at 2,162 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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