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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 15–20 °C (59–68 °F)
- J-3°-13°255
- F-3°-13°239
- M-1°-11°207
- A2°-9°97
- M7°-5°61
- J15°0°28
- J20°5°28
- A19°5°26
- S15°1°34
- O9°-4°90
- N1°-10°149
- D-3°-13°242
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
- Length
- 8.2 km · 5.1 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain range
- Ritter Range (Sierra Nevada › Pacific Coast Ranges; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 15 km SW of June Lake (Mono County, California) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Inyo National Forest
- Connects to
- Minaret Mine (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Live cam nearby
- Canyon Lodge (Mammoth Mountain, 7 mi · 11 km away)
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 37.6555, -119.1422
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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