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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
No month meets all three rules below at this spot.
- J15°7°404
- F15°8°299
- M13°6°330
- A11°4°361
- M8°2°372
- J5°-1°395
- J4°-2°306
- A5°-1°350
- S7°0°434
- O9°2°493
- N11°4°404
- D13°6°478
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 route to Camp Creek Hut with the option of following a ridge to the summit of Mount Alexander.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 4.4 km · 2.7 mi (DOC route geometry)
- Source
- NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0)
- Difficulty
- Very hard (9/10) (Expert · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Typical time (DOC)
- 3 hr to hut | 8–10 hr to Mt Alexander summit
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/09de9721b8ce40609d7f1e6ca2b
- Mountain range
- Alexander Range (Southern Alps; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 16 km SW of Gloriavale Christian Church (Grey District, West Coast) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Conservation Area - Otira-Kopara Forest
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- West Coast
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -42.7059, 171.5613
How it’s scored
Very hard (9/10). Official rating: Expert · 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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