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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 16–21 °C (61–70 °F)
- J-2°-11°173
- F-3°-11°160
- M0°-9°135
- A4°-7°68
- M10°-1°34
- J17°5°19
- J21°9°20
- A20°9°17
- S16°5°25
- O10°-1°48
- N3°-7°108
- D-2°-11°160
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
- 17 km · 11 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Kings-Kern Divide (Sierra Nevada › Pacific Coast Ranges; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 20 km W of Independence (Inyo County, California) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Kings Canyon National Park
- Connects to
- Vidette Meadow (National Scenic Trail: Pacific Crest), Vidette Switchbacks (National Scenic Trail: Pacific Crest), John Muir Trail, Junction Meadow Switchbacks - Bubbs (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- National Park Service
- Route centre
- 36.7712, -118.4825
- Route start
- 36.7602, -118.4122
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 16865175
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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