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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)
- J0°-9°212
- F0°-9°195
- M2°-8°163
- A4°-6°74
- M9°-2°47
- J16°3°24
- J21°7°23
- A20°7°21
- S17°4°29
- O11°0°72
- N4°-6°136
- D-1°-9°189
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
- 3.7 km · 2.3 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Lembert Dome (mountain, 2,871 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Sierra Nevada (Pacific Coast Ranges › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 25 km NE of Yosemite Valley (Mariposa County, California) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Yosemite National Park
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Route centre
- 37.8841, -119.3467
- Route start
- 37.8774, -119.3536
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 17909957
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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