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Harman Pass Route
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
No month meets all three rules below at this spot.
- J18°10°294
- F18°10°225
- M16°9°256
- A13°6°273
- M10°4°288
- J7°1°316
- J6°0°242
- A7°1°271
- S10°3°326
- O12°5°361
- N14°6°294
- D16°9°354
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
This route takes you from the open east-coast river flats over a rugged, untracked alpine pass into the rainforest of the Taipo River.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 32 km · 20 mi (DOC route geometry)
- Source
- NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0)
- Difficulty
- Very hard (9/10) (Expert · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Typical time (DOC)
- 3 - 4 days
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/139b02cbce7c44fb9b1fdcb4520
- Nearest town
- 16 km NW of Arthur’s Pass (Selwyn District, Canterbury) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Conservation Area - Wanganui / Otira Catchments
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- West Coast
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -42.8363, 171.4557
How it’s scored
Very hard (9/10). Official rating: Expert · 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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