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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Oct–May · highs 10–17 °C (50–63 °F)
- J17°9°106
- F17°9°114
- M15°8°120
- A13°6°117
- M10°4°154
- J8°2°181
- J7°1°180
- A8°1°165
- S9°2°155
- O11°4°177
- N13°6°144
- D15°8°149
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 connects Atiwhakatu Valley with the alpine tops near Mt Holsworth. It is a more challenging track than the main track to Mt Holdsworth via Powell Hut.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 2.7 km · 1.7 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))
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/5e6cf36cfa994f2c8422716bfe8
- Mountain
- Mount Holdsworth (mountain, 1,470 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Tararua Range (North Island Mountain Spine; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 18 km NW of Carterton (Carterton District, Wellington Region) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Tararua Forest Park
- Best months
- Oct–May
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Wellington
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -40.8767, 175.4399
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 centreMt Holdsworth - Jumbo Circuit
0.4 mi · 0.7 km · Tararua Forest Park
Atiwhakatu Track
0.7 mi · 1.1 km · Tararua Forest Park
Holdsworth road end to Powell Hut/Mount Holdsworth
1.7 mi · 2.8 km · Tararua Forest Park
Gentle Annie
1.9 mi · 3.1 km · Tararua Forest Park
Donnelly Flat Loop Walk
2.2 mi · 3.5 km · Tararua Forest Park
Mitre Flats Track
2.8 mi · 4.5 km · Tararua Forest Park
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