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Rubicon Trail (16E30.2)
Next nearby hike: Ellis Peak Trail 3.3 mi · 5.4 kmExplore Sierra Nevada →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Oct · highs 14–25 °C (57–77 °F)
- J3°-5°253
- F3°-5°213
- M5°-4°199
- A8°-2°101
- M14°1°58
- J20°6°28
- J25°10°10
- A24°11°14
- S21°8°32
- O15°3°82
- N7°-2°194
- D2°-5°265
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
- 3.6 km · 2.2 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Sierra Nevada (Pacific Coast Ranges › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 11 km W of Tahoma (Placer County, California) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Tahoe National Forest
- Best months
- May–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Route centre
- 39.0233, -120.2482
- Route start
- 39.0341, -120.2517
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 7516087
- Official info
- outdoor.rocks/
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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