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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Oct · highs 14–24 °C (57–75 °F)
- J2°-8°271
- F3°-7°252
- M5°-6°231
- A7°-4°108
- M13°-1°72
- J19°4°33
- J24°8°12
- A23°8°12
- S20°5°35
- O14°0°101
- N6°-5°194
- D2°-8°240
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
- 29 km · 18 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Sierra Nevada (Pacific Coast Ranges › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 32 km NE of Dorrington (Calaveras County, California) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Stanislaus National Forest
- Best months
- Jun–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Route centre
- 38.4544, -119.8979
- Route start
- 38.4807, -119.9859
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 19099229
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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