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Granite Chief Trail
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Oct · highs 12–23 °C (54–73 °F)
- J0°-7°312
- F1°-7°267
- M3°-6°242
- A6°-5°120
- M12°-1°70
- J18°4°33
- J23°9°12
- A22°9°18
- S19°6°39
- O12°1°100
- N4°-4°241
- D0°-7°334
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
- 5.8 km · 3.6 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 12 km NW of Sunnyside-Tahoe City (Placer County, California) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Tahoe National Forest
- Best months
- Jun–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Route centre
- 39.2061, -120.2561
- Route start
- 39.2106, -120.2764
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 18253568
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.