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Dromedary Hill Track

On Dromedary Hill, Mount Melina

Trail3.4 km · 2.1 miHard · 7/10Best Oct–Apr

Next nearby hike: Pavilion Peak Track 1.7 mi · 2.8 kmExplore Dromedary Hill →

Canterbury, New ZealandLindis Conservation AreaPavilion Peak Track · Lindis Conservation AreaLindis Conservation AreaCanterburyWether Range tracks · CanterburyOtagoMelina Ridge Track · OtagoOtagoEndStart5 kmN ↑

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Best time to hike

Best months: Oct–Apr · highs 11–18 °C (52–64 °F)

  1. J18°9°86
  2. F18°9°66
  3. M15°7°84
  4. A12°5°66
  5. M7°1°79
  6. J3°-2°83
  7. J2°-3°69
  8. A4°-2°66
  9. S8°1°72
  10. O11°3°86
  11. N14°5°80
  12. D16°7°109

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

It is well worth the effort getting out the car and stretching your legs with a day hike up Dromedary Hill.

NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).

Trail facts

Length
3.4 km · 2.1 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)
6 - 8 hr
Official page
doc.govt.nz/link/3a53e87e74914c02ae672dc3490
Mountain
Dromedary Hill (hill; GeoNames)
Mountain range
Mount Melina (Inland Southern Alps › Southern Alps; GMBA)
Nearest town
36 km E of Lake Hawea (Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago) · GeoNames
Connects to
Pavilion Peak Track (at its start or end)
Best months
Oct–Apr
Country
New Zealand
Region
Canterbury
Continent
Oceania
Route centre
-44.5133, 169.6990
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.

Nearest trails

distance from the trail centre

Pavilion Peak Track

1.7 mi · 2.8 km · Lindis Conservation Area

Melina Ridge Track

5.9 mi · 9.5 km · Otago

Wether Range tracks

7 mi · 12 km · Canterbury

Ewe Range Track

13 mi · 20 km · Canterbury

Breast Hill Track

13 mi · 21 km · Hawea Conservation Park

Dingle Burn Track

13 mi · 21 km · Hawea Conservation Park

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