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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Oct · highs 14–25 °C (57–77 °F)
- J1°-8°300
- F2°-8°256
- M4°-6°226
- A8°-4°116
- M14°0°83
- J20°4°27
- J25°8°6
- A24°8°8
- S20°5°29
- O14°0°106
- N5°-5°243
- D0°-9°289
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
- 2.3 km · 1.4 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain
- Mount Elwell (mountain, 2,361 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Northern Sierra Nevada (Sierra Nevada › Pacific Coast Ranges; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 9.4 km SW of Graeagle (Plumas County, California) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Plumas National Forest
- Connects to
- Long Lake Trail, Silver Lake Trail (at its start or end)
- Best months
- May–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 39.7026, -120.6903
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.
Nearest trails
distance from the trail centreMount Elwell Peak Trail
0.2 mi · 0.3 km · Plumas National Forest
Silver Lake Trail
0.7 mi · 1.1 km · Plumas National Forest
Long Lake Trail
0.7 mi · 1.2 km · Plumas National Forest
Bear Lakes Loop Trail
1.2 mi · 1.9 km · Plumas National Forest
Jamison Creek Trail
1.4 mi · 2.3 km · Plumas National Forest
Round Lake Trail
1.6 mi · 2.6 km · Plumas National Forest
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