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Donner Lake Rim Trail

Trail20 km · 12 miBest May–Oct

Next nearby hike: Donkey Town / El Burro 2.8 mi · 4.4 kmExplore Tahoe National Forest →

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Best time to hike

Best months: May–Oct · highs 15–27 °C (59–81 °F)

  1. J3°-5°180
  2. F4°-5°159
  3. M6°-3°144
  4. A9°-1°68
  5. M15°3°42
  6. J22°7°21
  7. J27°12°10
  8. A26°12°12
  9. S22°9°25
  10. O16°4°61
  11. N8°-1°144
  12. D3°-5°193

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

Length
20 km · 12 mi (agency length field)
Source
USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
Managed by
US Forest Service
Data from
U.S. Forest Service
Nearest town
2.6 km W of Truckee (Nevada County, California) · GeoNames
Park or forest
Tahoe National Forest
Best months
May–Oct
Country
United States of America
Region
California
Continent
North America
Route centre
39.3409, -120.2617
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.

Nearest trails

distance from the trail centre

Donkey Town / El Burro

2.8 mi · 4.4 km · Tahoe National Forest

Emigrant Trail

4.0 mi · 6.5 km · Tahoe National Forest

Prosser Knob Loop

4.0 mi · 6.5 km · Tahoe National Forest

Mt. Judah Loop

4.1 mi · 6.5 km · Tahoe National Forest

Forty Tie

4.9 mi · 7.8 km · Tahoe National Forest

Sawtooth

5.7 mi · 9.2 km · Tahoe National Forest

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