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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Nov–Apr · highs 10–16 °C (50–61 °F)
- J16°7°67
- F16°7°53
- M13°5°64
- A10°3°48
- M6°0°55
- J2°-3°55
- J1°-5°49
- A3°-3°40
- S7°-1°45
- O9°1°57
- N12°3°57
- D14°5°83
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
This route provides a tramping link from the top of Otamatapaio Scenic Reserve to the Hawkdun Range.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 8.2 km · 5.1 mi (DOC route geometry)
- Source
- NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0)
- Difficulty
- Very hard (9/10) (Expert · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Typical time (DOC)
- 3-4 hours (Otamatapaio Scenic Reserve to Oteake Co
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/7e8ff92d579e4fc2879c76eb426
- Mountain
- Baldy Knob (hill; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Hawkdun Range (Inland Southern Alps › Southern Alps; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 39 km S of Twizel (Mackenzie District, Canterbury) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Nov–Apr
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Canterbury
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -44.6011, 170.0218
How it’s scored
Very hard (9/10). Official rating: 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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