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Glen Dene Ridge Track
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Nov–Mar · highs 10–14 °C (50–57 °F)
- J14°6°108
- F14°7°78
- M12°5°128
- A9°3°101
- M5°0°113
- J2°-3°123
- J0°-4°108
- A1°-3°117
- S4°-1°119
- O7°0°132
- N10°2°113
- D12°5°136
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
Cross the undulating skyline ridge on Glen Dene Ridge Track.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 8.2 km · 5.1 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)
- 10 to 14 hr return from Isthmus Creek Track car pa
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/00b6f33d80454259aaea0efdeb8
- Mountain
- Isthmus Peak (peak; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Mount Burke (Inland Southern Alps › Southern Alps; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 12 km NW of Lake Hawea (Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago) · GeoNames
- Connects to
- Isthmus Peak Track (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Nov–Mar
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Otago
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -44.5188, 169.1774
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.