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Grandview Ridge tracks
On Grandview Mountain, Mount Melina
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NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0) · OpenStreetMap · Official page · Basemap: OpenFreeMap (OpenMapTiles, © OSM contributors).
7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Dec–Mar · highs 11–13 °C (52–55 °F)
- J13°5°92
- F13°5°66
- M11°3°91
- A8°1°74
- M4°-1°85
- J1°-4°86
- J0°-5°73
- A1°-5°76
- S4°-3°85
- O7°-1°99
- N9°1°89
- D12°3°116
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
Highly visible over a large area of the surrounding landscape, the Grandview Ridge provides a spectacular vantage point for views over the upper Clutha Valley and peaks beyond.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 25 km · 16 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)
- Various from 3-11 hr
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/6246cb9a55214d6c8100106c410
- Mountain
- Grandview Mountain (mountain; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Mount Melina (Inland Southern Alps › Southern Alps; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 8.8 km SE of Lake Hawea (Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Conservation Area - Hospital Creek Catchment
- Best months
- Dec–Mar
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Otago
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -44.6470, 169.3565
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.