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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Year-round
- J22°14°95
- F22°14°99
- M20°13°103
- A18°10°122
- M15°8°126
- J13°6°153
- J12°5°172
- A13°6°154
- S14°7°132
- O16°9°123
- N18°10°110
- D20°13°125
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
The Hapuakohe Walkway can be done as a 2-day trek, split by Ohinewai Road. Smaller sections can be completed within a day. It's suitable for experienced trampers only.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 18 km · 11 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)
- 1-2 days one way
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/badb6dfb36634adb87dc81278c0
- Nearest town
- 15 km SW of Ngatea (Hauraki District, Waikato Region) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Matahuru Scenic Reserve
- Best months
- Year-round
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Waikato
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -37.3883, 175.3873
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.
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