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Boyd, Oamaru and Cascade Hut tracks
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Oct–Apr · highs 12–18 °C (54–64 °F)
- J18°9°128
- F18°10°116
- M16°8°137
- A13°6°140
- M10°4°148
- J7°2°181
- J7°1°190
- A8°1°169
- S10°2°156
- O12°4°150
- N14°5°135
- D16°8°163
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
Combine these tracks for a multi-night tramp with lush beech forest, river crossings and wildlife. Several huts and road ends allow you to tailor a trip to suit.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 62 km · 38 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 - 4 days
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/541125fdd7e740fb9c0beeb251b
- Mountain range
- Kaimanawa Range (North Island Mountain Spine; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 30 km E of Turangi (Waikato Region) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Kaimanawa Forest Park
- Best months
- Oct–Apr
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Hawke's Bay
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -39.0652, 176.1433
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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