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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Nov–Apr · highs 10–17 °C (50–63 °F)
- J17°7°55
- F16°7°41
- M14°5°48
- A10°3°41
- M6°0°45
- J2°-4°44
- J0°-5°37
- A3°-3°36
- S7°-1°38
- O10°1°47
- N13°4°42
- D15°6°63
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
An all-day walk from Clyde to Bannockburn over the crest of the Cairnmuir Mountains.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 15 km · 9 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)
- 6–8 hr one way
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/f3d4163940114fc59748f0bc2dd
- Mountain range
- Cairnmuir Mountains (Inland Southern Alps › Southern Alps; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 8.6 km SE of Cromwell (Central Otago District, Otago) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Nov–Apr
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Otago
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -45.1075, 169.2494
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.