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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Oct · highs 12–20 °C (54–68 °F)
- J2°-8°234
- F1°-8°220
- M3°-7°187
- A6°-5°105
- M11°-1°56
- J17°4°20
- J20°8°17
- A20°8°10
- S17°5°29
- O12°0°73
- N5°-5°131
- D2°-8°210
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
- 5.3 km · 3.3 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Central Sierra Nevada (Sierra Nevada › Pacific Coast Ranges; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 28 km E of Shaver Lake (Fresno County, California) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Sierra National Forest
- Best months
- Jun–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Route centre
- 37.1323, -119.0247
- Route start
- 37.1510, -119.0120
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 19066684
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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