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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Sep–May · highs 12–19 °C (54–66 °F)
- J19°14°108
- F19°15°108
- M18°13°124
- A16°12°139
- M14°10°173
- J12°8°217
- J11°7°227
- A11°7°201
- S12°8°164
- O14°9°133
- N15°11°124
- D17°13°121
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
Climb onto a razor back ridge in the Waimā Ranges for sensational views and pristine vegetation.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 4.3 km · 2.7 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)
- 4 hr one way
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/c9f7bd489684453f9b381febda3
- Mountain range
- Parataiko Range (GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 14 km S of Rawene (Far North District, Northland) · GeoNames
- Connects to
- Six Foot Track, Waimā Main Range Track (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Sep–May
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Northland
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -35.5213, 173.4670
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.
Nearest trails
distance from the trail centreSix Foot Track
1.3 mi · 2.0 km · Northland
Waimā Main Range Track
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Taita Bridle Track
2.6 mi · 4.2 km · Northland
Waimamaku Coastal Track
5.8 mi · 9.4 km
Wekaweka Track
9 mi · 14 km · Mataraua Forest (Pt Northland Conservation Park)
Waoku Coach Road Track
10 mi · 16 km · Northland
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