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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–Dec · highs 11–20 °C (52–68 °F)
- J11°6°234
- F11°6°215
- M12°6°177
- A13°7°78
- M15°9°26
- J18°12°7
- J20°14°2
- A20°14°2
- S19°13°10
- O17°11°53
- N14°8°133
- D11°6°190
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
- 5.9 km · 3.7 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Santa Lucia Range (Southern California Coast Ranges › California Coast Ranges; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 1.7 km N of Big Sur (Monterey County, California) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Los Padres National Forest
- Best months
- Mar–Dec
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Route centre
- 36.2909, -121.8219
- Route start
- 36.2853, -121.8031
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 19160477
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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