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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 15–20 °C (59–68 °F)
- J-2°-14°200
- F-2°-13°186
- M0°-11°155
- A2°-9°77
- M8°-5°49
- J15°1°24
- J20°6°27
- A20°5°26
- S16°2°29
- O10°-4°69
- N2°-10°110
- D-2°-14°190
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.
About this trail
Pct - Pacific Crest Trail is a trail in Inyo National Forest, California, United States of America, about 23 km (14 mi) in length. It is in Central Sierra Nevada. It lies about 14 km south of Mammoth Lakes.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Length
- 23 km · 14 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Designation
- Pacific Crest
- Mountain range
- Central Sierra Nevada (Sierra Nevada › Pacific Coast Ranges; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 14 km S of Mammoth Lakes (Mono County, California) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Inyo National Forest
- Connects to
- Purple Lake (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Live cam nearby
- Canyon Lodge (Mammoth Mountain, 9 mi · 14 km away)
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 37.5249, -118.9624
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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