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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Oct · highs 13–23 °C (55–73 °F)
- J1°-7°311
- F2°-7°301
- M4°-6°260
- A7°-4°136
- M13°0°93
- J19°4°29
- J23°8°5
- A23°8°9
- S19°5°34
- O13°1°113
- N5°-4°251
- D1°-8°363
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
- 6.5 km · 4.0 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain
- Signal Peak (mountain, 2,374 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Northern Sierra Nevada (Sierra Nevada › Pacific Coast Ranges; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 28 km NE of Alta (Placer County, California) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Tahoe National Forest
- Best months
- Jun–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 39.3353, -120.5461
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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