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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Aug–Jun · highs 10–20 °C (50–68 °F)
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- F20°11°101
- M18°10°106
- A15°8°101
- M12°6°137
- J10°4°159
- J9°3°161
- A10°3°145
- S12°5°133
- O14°6°151
- N15°8°122
- D18°10°124
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
One of the most popular day trips in the park is the climb to Mountain House Shelter along the easy grade of the Gentle Annie Track.
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Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 5.8 km · 3.6 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 13 km N of Carterton (Carterton District, Wellington Region) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Tararua Forest Park
- Connects to
- Donnelly Flat Loop Walk (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Aug–Jun
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Wellington
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- GA
- Operator (OSM)
- Department of Conversation
- From / to
- Holdsworth Lodge → Holdsworth Lodge
- Route centre
- -40.9012, 175.4567
- Route start
- -40.9068, 175.4794
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 19135783
- Official info
- doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-go/we
How it’s scored
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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