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Chalice–Goulter Track
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Sep–May · highs 11–20 °C (52–68 °F)
- J20°10°75
- F20°10°62
- M18°9°73
- A15°6°79
- M11°4°80
- J9°1°93
- J8°0°77
- A9°1°83
- S12°3°85
- O14°5°100
- N17°7°84
- D19°9°91
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
Follow the Goulter River from Lake Chalice.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 20 km · 12 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)
- 2-3 days
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/d004fcd62bf9463088ec9ec9b9c
- Mountain range
- Richmond Range (Northwest Ranges; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 26 km S of Wakefield (Tasman District) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Mount Richmond Forest Park
- Connects to
- Lake Chalice Hut tracks, Old Man Hut Circuit (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Sep–May
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Marlborough
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -41.6199, 173.1709
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.
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