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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Oct · highs 12–23 °C (54–73 °F)
- J-1°-9°133
- F-1°-9°126
- M2°-7°111
- A6°-5°51
- M12°-1°34
- J18°3°22
- J23°8°10
- A22°8°14
- S18°5°23
- O12°0°53
- N4°-6°98
- D-1°-9°126
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
- 16 km · 10 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain range
- Carson Range (Sierra Nevada › Pacific Coast Ranges; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 5.6 km NW of Genoa (Douglas County, Nevada) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
- Connects to
- Tahoe Rim Trail (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jun–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Nevada
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 39.0403, -119.8917
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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