Spruce Hills Trail
- 0.9 mi
- round trip
- 123 ft
- climb
- 1,625 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
- May–Sep
- best months
Spruce Hills Trail is a cross-country ski route in Iron County Forest in Wisconsin, on county-managed land. It is a short, out-and-back trail of about 1.9 miles, with a low point of 1,592 feet and a high of 1,625 feet. The climb totals 123 feet of gain and loss, and the steepest stretch comes at about 0.6 miles in, with a 4% grade. The route is rated hard. Winter is the natural season for this trail. Typical averages from a nearby weather station at Rest Lake put January highs around 20°F with lows near 0°F, and snow on about eight days that month. Snow days drop to about five in March, while the trail sits at a similar elevation to the station, so temperatures here run about the same. Several other cross-country ski routes lie within a short distance. Homestead Trail is about 0.1 mile away, Moose Loop about 0.2 mile, and Fox Cutoff about 0.3 mile. Warm-Up Loop is roughly 0.6 mile off.
Best time to go · May–Sep
Best time to visit Spruce Hills Trail
Best months: May–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
20° / 0°
10 wet · 8 snow
Feb
25° / 3°
8 wet · 6 snow
Mar
37° / 13°
8 wet · 5 snow
Apr
50° / 27°
9 wet · 2 snow
May
65° / 41°
11 wet
Jun
74° / 51°
11 wet
Jul
78° / 54°
11 wet
Aug
76° / 53°
10 wet
Sep
67° / 45°
11 wet
Oct
53° / 33°
12 wet · 1 snow
Nov
37° / 21°
10 wet · 5 snow
Dec
25° / 9°
10 wet · 8 snow
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Rest Lake, WI, 9.2 mi away at 1,612 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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Homestead Trail
Next door
1.82-mile out-and-back route in Wisconsin with 247 ft of elevation gain.
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Moose Loop
Next door
2.29-mile loop in Wisconsin with 308 ft of elevation gain.
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Fox Cutoff
Next door
0.12-mile out-and-back route in Wisconsin with 28 ft of elevation gain.
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ST Q-U
~16 min drive
0.31-mile out-and-back route in Wisconsin with 75 ft of elevation gain.
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Wolf Loop
~1 min drive
Wolf Loop is a 1.12-mile out-and-back route in Wisconsin with 104 feet of elevation gain.
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Warm-Up Loop
Next door
0.26-mile out-and-back out-and-back in Wisconsin with 70 ft of elevation gain.
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ST A-T
~16 min drive
0.47-mile out-and-back ski route in Wisconsin with 73 ft of elevation gain.
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Osprey Loop
~1 min drive
1.40-mile loop with 248 ft elevation gain in Wisconsin.
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Bluebid Trail
~2 min drive
0.62-mile out-and-back route in Wisconsin with 76 ft of elevation gain.
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ST S-R
~17 min drive
0.14-mile out-and-back ski route in Wisconsin with 33 ft of elevation gain.
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