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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 14–19 °C (57–66 °F)
- J-3°-14°240
- F-3°-13°225
- M-1°-11°194
- A2°-9°94
- M7°-5°57
- J14°0°24
- J19°5°23
- A19°4°20
- S15°1°30
- O9°-4°83
- N1°-10°137
- D-3°-14°229
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)
- Mountain range
- Ritter Range (Sierra Nevada › Pacific Coast Ranges; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 18 km W of Mammoth Lakes (Mono County, California) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Sierra National Forest
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Live cam nearby
- Canyon Lodge (Mammoth Mountain, 9 mi · 14 km away)
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Route centre
- 37.5931, -119.1760
- Route start
- 37.6113, -119.1733
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 19053815
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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