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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 16–21 °C (61–70 °F)
- J-2°-11°159
- F-2°-11°142
- M1°-9°127
- A4°-6°64
- M10°-2°45
- J17°4°28
- J21°9°41
- A20°8°40
- S16°5°45
- O11°-1°58
- N3°-7°101
- D-2°-11°136
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
- 87 km · 54 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Evolution Crest (Central Sierra Nevada › Sierra Nevada; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 21 km SW of West Bishop (Inyo County, California) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Inyo National Forest
- Connects to
- Piute Pass (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Regional route
- Ref
- NLSL
- Route centre
- 37.1801, -118.6874
- Route start
- 37.2274, -118.6275
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 15402289
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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Tyee Lakes
2.9 mi · 4.7 km · Inyo National Forest
Piute Pass
3.1 mi · 5.0 km · Inyo National Forest
Lamarck Col Trail
3.3 mi · 5.2 km · Kings Canyon National Park
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