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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 12–19 °C (54–66 °F)
- J-8°-16°209
- F-8°-17°194
- M-6°-15°159
- A-2°-12°78
- M5°-6°39
- J13°1°23
- J19°7°23
- A17°6°21
- S12°1°30
- O5°-6°55
- N-2°-12°128
- D-8°-17°191
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
- 8.2 km · 5.1 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- Data from
- National Park Service
- Designation
- Pacific Crest
- Mountain range
- Kings-Kern Divide (Sierra Nevada › Pacific Coast Ranges; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 20 km SW of Independence (Inyo County, California) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Sequoia National Park
- Connects to
- Upper Bubbs Creek - Forester Pass North (National Scenic Trail: Pacific Crest), John Muir Trail, Upper Kern -Tyndall Cutoff (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 36.6904, -118.3747
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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