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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 15–20 °C (59–68 °F)
- J-2°-13°244
- F-2°-12°228
- M0°-11°193
- A2°-9°98
- M8°-5°58
- J15°1°25
- J20°5°26
- A19°5°23
- S15°1°32
- O9°-3°82
- N2°-9°134
- D-2°-13°230
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 5.7 km · 3.5 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Cockscomb (mountain, 3,208 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Central Sierra Nevada (Sierra Nevada › Pacific Coast Ranges; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 22 km S of Mammoth Lakes (Mono County, California) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Sierra National Forest
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Live cam nearby
- Canyon Lodge (Mammoth Mountain, 13 mi · 20 km away)
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Route centre
- 37.4647, -119.0401
- Route start
- 37.4599, -119.0490
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 19070508
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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Saddle Mountain
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Long Canyon Trail
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Pin Cushion
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