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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)About this trail
A challenging loop for experienced, well-equipped backcountry trampers in the northern Tararua Forest Park.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 13 km · 8 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 days
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/9faf1e12608946ce97e07bbe1ff
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Wellington
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -40.7275, 175.4845
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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