Ellis Peak

This week a forecast, so a guess

1. Today muddy Slight Chance Light Snow then Sunny, 40°F
2. Sat muddy Sunny, 44°F
3. Sun muddy Sunny, 48°F
4. Mon muddy Sunny, 45°F
5. Tue dry Sunny, 47°F
6. Wed dry Mostly Sunny, 45°F
7. Thu dry Mostly Sunny, 44°F

Dry days ahead in the forecast. 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: 0.70 in of precipitation on Oct 21–22 at Ward Creek #3 (SNOTEL, 7 km away).

  “848:CA:SNTL PRCP 2026-10-21=0.5 in, 2026-10-22=0.2 in” wcc.sc.egov.usda.gov · fetched Oct 23, 10:57am

• Likely muddy: 0.29 in of precipitation in the 47 h to 9:53am Oct 23 at South Lake Tahoe, Lake Tahoe Airport (NWS, 26 km away).

  “KTVL: 29 routine METARs with AO2 from 211853Z to 231653Z; precipitation groups: P0000@212153Z, P0005@212353Z, P0008@220048Z, P0014@220153Z, P0000@220353Z, P0001@221153Z, P0000@221253Z, P0000@230153Z, P0000@231553Z, P0001@231653Z” api.weather.gov · fetched Oct 23, 10:57am

Also reported

• NWS Today: Slight Chance Light Snow then Sunny, high 40°F.

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

• No snow at similar elevation: Palisades Tahoe SNOTEL (8,010 ft, 13 km away) reported 0 in of snow on Oct 22.

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

• Snow likely only above ~8,810 ft, higher than this trail's 8,730 ft high point: Mt Rose Ski Area SNOTEL (8,810 ft, 38 km away) reported 3 in of snow on Oct 22.

  “652:NV:SNTL 2026-10-22 SNWD=3 in, WTEQ=0.6 in” wcc.sc.egov.usda.gov · fetched Oct 23, 10:57am

Trail

Managed by

USFS Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Official status

fs.usda.gov

Trail info

fs.usda.gov

Trail data

Draft, not yet reviewed

8 sources

1. fs.usda.gov/r05/laketahoebasin/recreation/barker-pass-trai…
2. fs.usda.gov/r05/tahoe/recreation/barker-pass-pacific-crest…
3. carto.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/geonames/MapServer/5/query
4. epqs.nationalmap.gov/v1/json
5. epqs.nationalmap.gov/v1/json
6. openstreetmap.org/way/304913854
7. openstreetmap.org/way/446940164
8. openstreetmap.org/node/12453670848

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