Five Lakes Trail

This week a forecast, so a guess

1. Today muddy Areas Of Frost then Sunny, 46°F
2. Sat muddy Sunny, 51°F
3. Sun muddy Widespread Frost then Sunny, 54°F
4. Mon dry Widespread Frost then Sunny, 51°F
5. Tue dry Sunny, 52°F
6. Wed dry Mostly Sunny, 51°F
7. Thu dry Mostly Sunny, 50°F

Dry days ahead in the forecast. Faces southeast and gets morning sun. 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 Palisades Tahoe (SNOTEL, 2 km away).

  “784:CA:SNTL PRCP 2026-10-21=0.4 in, 2026-10-22=0.1 in” wcc.sc.egov.usda.gov · fetched Oct 23, 10:57am

Also reported

• NWS Today: Areas Of Frost then Sunny, high 44°F.

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

• No snow at similar elevation: Palisades Tahoe SNOTEL (8,010 ft, 2 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

Trail

Managed by

Tahoe National Forest

Official status

fs.usda.gov

Trail info

fs.usda.gov

Trail data

Draft, not yet reviewed

5 sources

1. fs.usda.gov/r05/tahoe/recreation/trails/five-lakes-trail
2. fs.usda.gov/r05/tahoe/alerts/alpine-meadows-stewardship-ag…
3. epqs.nationalmap.gov/v1/json
4. epqs.nationalmap.gov/v1/json
5. openstreetmap.org/way/172088721

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 18Unknown
7. Sat Oct 17Likely dry
8. Fri Oct 16Likely dry