6,232–6,602 ft · faces E · hike, run
Rubicon Trail
Rubicon Trail (D.L. Bliss to Emerald Bay)
Likely muddy today, dry by Monday.
This week a forecast, so a guess
- Today muddy Slight Chance Light Rain then Mostly Sunny, 46°F
- Sat muddy Sunny, 50°F
- Sun muddy Sunny, 56°F
- Mon dry Sunny, 53°F
- Tue dry Sunny, 53°F
- Wed dry Mostly Sunny, 53°F
- 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
- No reports in the last two days.
Why today's call
Likely muddy: 0.60 in of precipitation on Oct 21–22 at Rubicon #2 (SNOTEL, 3 km away).
“724:CA:SNTL PRCP 2026-10-21=0.5 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, 13 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: No official closure source dryline can read for California State Parks. checked parks.ca.gov
Also reported
NWS Today: Slight Chance Light Rain then Mostly Sunny, high 47°F.
No snow at similar elevation: Rubicon #2 SNOTEL (7,560 ft, 3 km away) reported 0 in of snow on Oct 22.
“724:CA:SNTL 2026-10-22 SNWD=0 in, WTEQ=0 in” wcc.sc.egov.usda.gov · fetched Oct 23, 10:57am
Trail
- Managed by
- California State Parks
- Official status
- parks.ca.gov
- Trail info
- parks.ca.gov
- Trail data
- Draft, not yet reviewed
Recent mornings
- Fri Oct 23Likely muddy
- Thu Oct 22Likely muddy
- Wed Oct 21Unknown
- Tue Oct 20Unknown
- Mon Oct 19Likely dry
- Sun Oct 18Likely dry
- Sat Oct 17Likely dry
- Fri Oct 16Likely dry