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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Sep–Jun · highs 12–27 °C (54–81 °F)
- J13°2°124
- F13°2°140
- M15°3°92
- A18°5°51
- M22°8°14
- J26°12°4
- J29°15°2
- A29°15°4
- S27°13°11
- O22°9°29
- N16°5°63
- D12°2°99
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
- 5.5 km · 3.4 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 Wilson (mountain, 1,737 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- San Gabriel Mountains (Transverse Ranges › Pacific Coast Ranges; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 8.2 km N of Sierra Madre (Los Angeles County, California) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Angeles National Forest
- Connects to
- Gabrielino Nrt (National Recreation Trail) (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Sep–Jun
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 34.2320, -118.0291
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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