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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct · highs 15–26 °C (59–79 °F)
- J9°0°345
- F10°0°334
- M12°2°301
- A15°3°161
- M20°7°98
- J26°11°26
- J30°14°2
- A29°13°6
- S26°11°32
- O20°7°116
- N13°3°268
- D9°0°413
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
- 40 km · 25 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Northern Sierra Nevada (Sierra Nevada › Pacific Coast Ranges; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 6.9 km NE of Nevada City (Nevada County, California) · GeoNames
- Connects to
- Scotts Flat Trail (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Regional route
- Route centre
- 39.3135, -120.7929
- Route start
- 39.2869, -120.9446
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 11797251
- Official info
- fs.usda.gov/recarea/tahoe/recarea/?recid=56012
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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