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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov · highs 11–26 °C (52–79 °F)
- J7°-1°200
- F9°-1°168
- M12°1°138
- A15°3°68
- M21°7°54
- J26°11°23
- J31°15°4
- A30°14°5
- S26°12°17
- O19°7°49
- N11°2°136
- D7°-1°200
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
- 6.8 km · 4.2 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain
- Wells Creek Peak (mountain, 1,476 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Northern California Coast Ranges (California Coast Ranges › Pacific Coast Ranges; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 44 km NW of Rancho Tehama Reserve (Tehama County, California) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Shasta-Trinity National Forest
- Best months
- Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 40.2258, -122.8417
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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