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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Oct–May · highs 13–23 °C (55–73 °F)
- J14°2°100
- F14°2°117
- M16°3°99
- A19°5°46
- M23°8°12
- J28°12°4
- J31°16°8
- A31°16°15
- S28°14°12
- O23°9°28
- N17°5°52
- D13°2°90
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
- 7.8 km · 4.8 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Laguna Mountains (Peninsular Ranges › Pacific Coast Ranges; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 4.6 km NW of Julian (San Diego County, California) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Oct–May
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Route centre
- 33.1151, -116.6160
- Route start
- 33.1133, -116.6294
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 6768612
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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