C360a Godley Cliffs other trails nearby (tap a dot to open it)
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Sep–May · highs 11–19 °C (52–66 °F)
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- F19°12°51
- M17°10°55
- A14°8°57
- M11°6°74
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- J8°2°92
- A9°3°92
- S11°4°51
- O13°6°62
- N15°8°56
- D17°10°56
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
From just below the Mt Cavendish Gondola upper station to the seaside suburb Sumner. Evans Pass and the Godley Head carpark split the trail into approximate thirds, if you want to break a bit off the leg to make it easier to complete in a day.
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Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 16 km · 10 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 18 km · 11 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 1.3 km SE of Heathcote Valley (Christchurch City, Canterbury) · GeoNames
- Part of
- C360 - Christchurch 360 Trail (regional route)
- Best months
- Sep–May
- Country
- New Zealand
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- C360a
- Operator (OSM)
- Christchurch 360 Trail
- From / to
- near Mount Cavendish → Sumner
- Route centre
- -43.5846, 172.7633
- Route start
- -43.5883, 172.7201
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 13386600
How it’s scored
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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