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C360e Waimakariri Braids
Next nearby hike: C360d Brooklands Mouth 1.5 mi · 2.5 kmExplore Waimakariri River →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Aug–Jun · highs 11–21 °C (52–70 °F)
- J21°13°42
- F20°13°48
- M19°12°49
- A16°9°50
- M13°7°61
- J11°5°62
- J10°4°73
- A11°4°70
- S13°6°43
- O15°8°54
- N17°10°49
- D19°12°50
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
Waimakariri is a braided river, a very special river environment, and a home for some of our rarest birds. Check out the BRaid website, which explains in more detail the special ecology of our braided rivers and how we can protect it. Around 7 – 8 hrs.
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Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 19 km · 12 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 20 km · 12 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Stream
- Waimakariri River (GeoNames)
- Nearest town
- 2.3 km E of Clarkville (Waimakariri District, Canterbury) · GeoNames
- Part of
- C360 - Christchurch 360 Trail (regional route)
- Best months
- Aug–Jun
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Canterbury
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- C360e
- Operator (OSM)
- Christchurch 360 Trail
- From / to
- Whites Crossing → Mcleans Island Park
- Route centre
- -43.4412, 172.5544
- Route start
- -43.4171, 172.6453
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 13398061
- Official info
- christchurch360trail.org.nz/
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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