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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Oct · highs 14–22 °C (57–72 °F)
- J4°-5°222
- F4°-5°209
- M6°-4°189
- A8°-2°103
- M14°2°46
- J19°6°17
- J22°10°15
- A22°9°9
- S19°7°24
- O15°3°61
- N9°-2°132
- D4°-5°204
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
- 12 km · 8 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- Data from
- National Park Service
- Nearest town
- 40 km NE of Three Rivers (Tulare County, California) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Kings Canyon National Park
- Connects to
- Bell Canyon - Comanche Cutoff, Deadman Canyon, Sugarloaf Entrance (at its start or end)
- Best months
- May–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 36.7305, -118.6504
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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