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Canyon Creek Track
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Feb, Apr · highs 11–16 °C (52–61 °F)
- J16°8°204
- F16°8°150
- M14°6°201
- A11°4°164
- M6°0°195
- J2°-3°211
- J1°-4°166
- A2°-2°177
- S5°-1°198
- O8°1°219
- N12°4°203
- D14°6°260
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
Discover spectacular waterfalls and a rock bivvy in the Canyon Creek area.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 3.0 km · 1.9 mi (DOC route geometry)
- Source
- NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0)
- Difficulty
- Very hard (9/10) (Advanced, Expert · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Typical time (DOC)
- 3 hr 50 min one way
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/26f04db1e4c941b3bd262dd205b
- Mountain range
- Huxley Range (Main Divide of The Southern Alps › Southern Alps; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 41 km W of Twizel (Mackenzie District, Canterbury) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Ahuriri Conservation Park
- Connects to
- Ahuriri Valley Track (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Feb, Apr
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Canterbury
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -44.2280, 169.5883
How it’s scored
Very hard (9/10). Official rating: Advanced, 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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