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Hogs Back Track (Easy Up Track and Descent Track)
On Hogs Back, Craigieburn Range
Next nearby hike: Cockayne Alley Track 1.6 mi · 2.6 kmExplore Hogs Back →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jan–Apr · highs 11–16 °C (52–61 °F)
- J16°7°195
- F16°8°165
- M14°6°190
- A11°3°196
- M7°1°223
- J4°-2°226
- J2°-3°190
- A4°-2°218
- S7°0°240
- O9°2°268
- N12°4°223
- D14°6°241
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 walking and biking track leads from Castle Hill Village to Texas Flat / Mt Cheeseman Road.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 7.6 km · 4.7 mi (DOC route geometry)
- Source
- NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0)
- Difficulty
- Moderate (5/10) (Intermediate · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Typical time (DOC)
- 2 hr 30 min
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/64f786270a364c39811d448eaa0
- Mountain
- Hogs Back (mountain; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Craigieburn Range (Inland Southern Alps › Southern Alps; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 29 km S of Arthur’s Pass (Selwyn District, Canterbury) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Craigieburn Forest Park
- Connects to
- Dracophyllum Flat Track (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jan–Apr
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Canterbury
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -43.1924, 171.6792
How it’s scored
Moderate (5/10). Official rating: Intermediate · 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 centreCockayne Alley Track
1.6 mi · 2.6 km · Conservation Area - Castle Hill
Leith Hill Loop
1.7 mi · 2.7 km · Canterbury
Dracophyllum Flat Track
1.9 mi · 3.1 km · Craigieburn Forest Park
Cheeseman-Olympus Traverse
2.8 mi · 4.6 km · Canterbury
The Luge Track
4.4 mi · 7.1 km · Craigieburn Forest Park
Cass-Lagoon Saddle Track
5.0 mi · 8.1 km · Craigieburn Forest Park
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