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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Feb · highs 15–15 °C (59–59 °F)
- J15°7°215
- F15°7°180
- M13°5°207
- A10°3°216
- M6°0°245
- J3°-3°249
- J1°-4°206
- A3°-3°237
- S6°-1°266
- O8°1°297
- N11°3°246
- D13°5°268
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
This track links Dracophyllum Flat Track with Cheeseman Road.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 2.3 km · 1.4 mi (DOC route geometry)
- Source
- NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0)
- Difficulty
- Moderate (5/10) (Intermediate · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Typical time (DOC)
- 2 hr
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/7c74249fb50d4b329276393ecd1
- Mountain range
- Craigieburn Range (Inland Southern Alps › Southern Alps; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 26 km S of Arthur’s Pass (Selwyn District, Canterbury) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Conservation Area - Castle Hill
- Connects to
- Dracophyllum Flat Track (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Feb
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Canterbury
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -43.1689, 171.6803
How it’s scored
Moderate (5/10). Official rating: Intermediate · 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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