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Black Hill Hut tracks
On Black Hill, Puketeraki Range
Next nearby hike: View Hill to Mt Oxford Track 2.7 mi · 4.4 kmExplore Black Hill →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Oct–Apr · highs 11–18 °C (52–64 °F)
- J18°8°114
- F17°8°105
- M15°6°115
- A12°4°112
- M9°1°130
- J5°-1°138
- J4°-2°138
- A6°-1°141
- S9°1°125
- O11°3°145
- N14°4°128
- D16°7°129
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
Walk to Black Hill Hut on one of these tracks or combine them to make a circuit.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 6.7 km · 4.2 mi (DOC route geometry)
- Source
- NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0)
- Difficulty
- Hard (7/10) (Advanced · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Typical time (DOC)
- 2 days
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/ac0aacea8f944f38b0886344f03
- Mountain
- Black Hill (hill; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Puketeraki Range (GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 18 km NW of Oxford (Waimakariri District, Canterbury) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Oct–Apr
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Canterbury
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -43.1963, 172.0129
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.
Nearest trails
distance from the trail centreView Hill to Mt Oxford Track
2.7 mi · 4.4 km · Oxford Forest Conservation Area
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Richardson Track
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Youngman Stream Track
12 mi · 19 km · Canterbury
Bypass Track
12 mi · 20 km · Mt. Thomas Forest Conservation Area
Coal Pit Spur Track
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