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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
No month meets all three rules below at this spot.
- J14°6°482
- F14°6°378
- M12°4°493
- A9°1°443
- M5°-2°461
- J1°-5°439
- J0°-6°370
- A1°-5°430
- S3°-3°482
- O6°-1°539
- N9°1°482
- D12°4°559
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.
Trail facts
- Difficulty
- Hard (7/10) (Advanced · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Mapped length
- 9.6 km · 6.0 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Mount Cook Range (Main Divide of The Southern Alps › Southern Alps; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 32 km SE of Waikowhai (Westland District, West Coast) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Canterbury
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- Regional route
- Operator (OSM)
- Department of Conservation
- Route centre
- -43.6612, 170.1765
- Route start
- -43.6246, 170.1910
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 6204719
How it’s scored
Hard (7/10). Official rating: Advanced · 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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Kea Point Track
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Glencoe Walk
9 mi · 14 km · Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park
Mueller Hut
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