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Fenian Caves Track
On Fenian, Fenian Range
Next nearby hike: Adams Flat Track 0.4 mi · 0.6 kmExplore Fenian →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Feb–Mar · highs 17–18 °C (63–64 °F)
- J18°13°220
- F18°13°155
- M17°12°194
- A15°10°219
- M13°8°252
- J11°7°275
- J10°6°261
- A10°6°230
- S12°7°293
- O13°8°301
- N14°9°266
- D16°11°282
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
Explore the Fenian Caves, with the option to visit the Fenian Workings.
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) (Easy, Advanced · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Typical time (DOC)
- 3 hr return
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/ff196db6ceac46d1b107d8dc5fe
- Mountain
- Fenian (mountain; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Fenian Range (Northwest Ranges; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 65 km SW of Takaka (Tasman District) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Kahurangi National Park
- Connects to
- Adams Flat Track, Ōparara Valley Track (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Feb–Mar
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- West Coast
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -41.1988, 172.1792
How it’s scored
Hard (7/10). Official rating: Easy, 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 centreAdams Flat Track
0.4 mi · 0.6 km · Kahurangi National Park
Ōparara Valley Track
0.7 mi · 1.1 km · Kahurangi National Park
Moria Gate and Mirror Tarn Loop
3.5 mi · 5.6 km · Kahurangi National Park
Kōhaihai area short walks
8 mi · 13 km · Kahurangi National Park
Leslie-Karamea Track
16 mi · 25 km · Kahurangi National Park
Wangapeka Track
20 mi · 33 km · Kahurangi National Park
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