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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jan–Apr, Nov · highs 11–17 °C (52–63 °F)
- J17°8°174
- F17°8°147
- M14°6°168
- A11°4°174
- M7°1°197
- J4°-2°201
- J2°-3°170
- A4°-2°193
- S7°0°212
- O10°2°238
- N12°4°198
- D15°7°213
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 leads from Jacks Pass to Dracophyllum Flat, a popular picnic spot, then on to Texas Flat
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 4.2 km · 2.6 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))
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/cb7132e686f24d5daf5d888038c
- Nearest town
- 26 km SE of Arthur’s Pass (Selwyn District, Canterbury) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Craigieburn Forest Park
- Connects to
- Hogs Back Track (Easy Up Track and Descent Track) (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jan–Apr, Nov
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Canterbury
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -43.1669, 171.6947
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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