Donner Lake Rim Trail

This week a forecast, so a guess

1. Today muddy Sunny, 47°F
2. Sat muddy Sunny, 53°F
3. Sun dry Sunny, 56°F
4. Mon dry Sunny, 52°F
5. Tue dry Sunny, 53°F
6. Wed dry Mostly Sunny, 53°F
7. Thu dry Mostly Sunny, 51°F

Dry days ahead in the forecast. South-facing, so it dries fast. api.weather.gov · 10:57am How the forecast works

From riders and runners

1. No reports in the last two days.

Why today's call

• Likely muddy: 0.50 in of precipitation on Oct 21–22 at Truckee #2 (SNOTEL, 5 km away).

  “834:CA:SNTL PRCP 2026-10-21=0.5 in, 2026-10-22=0 in” wcc.sc.egov.usda.gov · fetched Oct 23, 10:57am

• Missing: No official closure source dryline can read for Truckee Donner Land Trust. checked truckeedonnerlandtrust.org

Also reported

• NWS Today: Sunny, high 47°F.

  api.weather.gov · fetched Oct 23, 10:57am

• No snow at similar elevation: Independence Lake SNOTEL (8,340 ft, 9 km away) reported 0 in of snow on Oct 22.

  “541:CA:SNTL 2026-10-22 SNWD=0 in, WTEQ=0 in” wcc.sc.egov.usda.gov · fetched Oct 23, 10:57am

Trail

Managed by

Truckee Donner Land Trust

Official status

truckeedonnerlandtrust.org

Trail info

fs.usda.gov

Trail data

Draft, not yet reviewed

9 sources

1. truckeedonnerlandtrust.org/donner-lake-rim-trail
2. fs.usda.gov/r05/tahoe/recreation/trails/donner-lake-rim-trail
3. epqs.nationalmap.gov/v1/json
4. openstreetmap.org/way/689277459
5. openstreetmap.org/way/693114797
6. openstreetmap.org/way/600949907
7. openstreetmap.org/way/10463838
8. openstreetmap.org/way/299536544
9. openstreetmap.org/way/303846618

Recent mornings

1. Fri Oct 23Likely muddy
2. Thu Oct 22Likely muddy
3. Wed Oct 21Unknown
4. Tue Oct 20Unknown
5. Mon Oct 19Likely dry
6. Sun Oct 18Likely dry
7. Sat Oct 17Likely dry
8. Fri Oct 16Likely dry