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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 15–20 °C (59–68 °F)
- J-2°-10°220
- F-2°-11°199
- M0°-9°171
- A3°-7°87
- M9°-2°56
- J15°3°30
- J20°8°40
- A19°7°37
- S15°4°46
- O10°-1°74
- N3°-7°129
- D-2°-10°194
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
- 8.0 km · 5.0 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Glacier Divide (Central Sierra Nevada › Sierra Nevada; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 31 km W of West Bishop (Inyo County, California) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Sierra National Forest
- Connects to
- Piute Canyon (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Route centre
- 37.2922, -118.7568
- Route start
- 37.2669, -118.7803
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 19070320
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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