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Blue Range to Cow Creek Hut Track
Next nearby hike: Kiriwhakapapa to Blue Range Hut 1.6 mi · 2.6 kmExplore Tararua Range →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Oct–Apr · highs 11–17 °C (52–63 °F)
- J17°9°102
- F17°9°115
- M15°8°113
- A13°5°110
- M10°4°149
- J7°2°174
- J7°1°174
- A7°1°158
- S9°2°154
- O11°4°171
- N13°5°138
- D15°8°142
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
A backcountry tramping track that joins Blue Range with Cow Creek Hut and the Waingawa River valley.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 3.5 km · 2.2 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)
- 3 hr
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/d9143d07b2d44a84abb2f6ec843
- Mountain range
- Tararua Range (North Island Mountain Spine; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 15 km W of Kopuaranga (Masterton District, Wellington Region) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Tararua Forest Park
- Connects to
- Kiriwhakapapa to Blue Range Hut (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Oct–Apr
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Wellington
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -40.7856, 175.5045
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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Nearest trails
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1.6 mi · 2.6 km · Tararua Forest Park
Lower Ruamahanga Track to Cow Creek Hut, via Cow Saddle
1.8 mi · 2.9 km · Tararua Forest Park
Mitre Peak Track
2.6 mi · 4.2 km · Tararua Forest Park
South Ohau Hut via Waiopehu and Dora Ridge
3.6 mi · 5.9 km · Tararua Forest Park
TAR - northern crossing
4.1 mi · 6.5 km · Wellington
Dundas Circuit
4.1 mi · 6.7 km · Tararua Forest Park
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