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Angelus Hut via Travers and Cascade Track/Route

In the Travers Range

Trail4.1 km · 2.5 miVery hard · 9/10Best Jan–Mar

Next nearby hike: Travers-Sabine Circuit 1.1 mi · 1.8 kmExplore Travers Range →

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Best time to hike

Best months: Jan–Mar · highs 13–15 °C (55–59 °F)

  1. J15°6°195
  2. F15°6°150
  3. M13°4°174
  4. A9°2°186
  5. M6°-1°193
  6. J3°-3°227
  7. J2°-4°201
  8. A3°-3°203
  9. S6°-2°227
  10. O8°0°274
  11. N11°2°225
  12. D13°4°254

Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.

How we pick months

Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.

About this trail

Continue on from Lakehead or Coldwater Hut to Cascade Track, and on to Angelus Hut following the Hukere Stream.

NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).

Trail facts

Length
4.1 km · 2.5 mi (DOC route geometry)
Source
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0)
Difficulty
Very hard (9/10) (Advanced, Expert · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
Typical time (DOC)
6 hr
Official page
doc.govt.nz/link/b9c5aaf13ef4409d8d22d16235d
Mountain range
Travers Range (Main Divide of The Southern Alps › Southern Alps; GMBA)
Nearest town
38 km E of Murchison (Tasman District) · GeoNames
Park or forest
Nelson Lakes National Park
Connects to
Angelus Hut tracks and routes (at its start or end)
Best months
Jan–Mar
Country
New Zealand
Region
Tasman
Continent
Oceania
Route centre
-41.9015, 172.7707
How it’s scored

Very hard (9/10). Official rating: Advanced, Expert · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0).

A score is omitted when we do not have an official rating or enough measured length and elevation gain to compute one. Nothing is guessed. Read the NPS method: https://www.nps.gov/shen/planyourvisit/how-to-determine-hiking-difficulty.htm

Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.

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distance from the trail centre

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