Mr. Toad's Wild Ride

This week a forecast, so a guess

1. Today muddy Chance Light Snow then Mostly Sunny, 43°F
2. Sat muddy Sunny, 50°F
3. Sun muddy Sunny, 56°F
4. Mon dry Sunny, 53°F
5. Tue dry Sunny, 53°F
6. Wed dry Mostly Sunny, 52°F
7. Thu dry Mostly Sunny, 51°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: 0.40 in of precipitation on Oct 21–22 at Hagans Meadow (SNOTEL, 5 km away).

  “508:CA:SNTL PRCP 2026-10-21=0.3 in, 2026-10-22=0.1 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, 10 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

• Missing: Tahoe Rim Trail Association entry for KBStoBM was last updated Jul 6, older than 14 days. checked tahoerimtrail.org

Also reported

• NWS Today: Chance Light Snow then Mostly Sunny, high 38°F.

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

• No snow at similar elevation: Horse Meadow SNOTEL (8,580 ft, 7 km away) reported 0 in of snow on Oct 22.

  “1050:CA:SNTL 2026-10-22 SNWD=0 in, WTEQ=0 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

tamba.org

Trail data

Draft, not yet reviewed

11 sources

1. fs.usda.gov/r05/laketahoebasin/recreation/big-meadow-trailhead
2. tamba.org/trails/trail-conditions/
3. tahoerimtrail.org/current-trail-conditions/
4. epqs.nationalmap.gov/v1/json
5. epqs.nationalmap.gov/v1/json
6. openstreetmap.org/way/28639243
7. openstreetmap.org/way/439972454
8. openstreetmap.org/way/1564954327
9. openstreetmap.org/way/1564954331
10. openstreetmap.org/way/37023133
11. openstreetmap.org/way/1564954319

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