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Hopkins valley tracks
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Feb, Apr · highs 12–17 °C (54–63 °F)
- J17°9°237
- F17°9°175
- M15°7°230
- A12°4°198
- M7°1°229
- J3°-3°244
- J2°-3°190
- A4°-2°211
- S6°0°235
- O8°2°255
- N12°4°230
- D15°7°289
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
Hopkins valley, in Ruataniwha Conservation Park, is near Lake Ōhau.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 21 km · 13 mi (DOC route geometry)
- Source
- NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0)
- Difficulty
- Hard (7/10) (Intermediate, Advanced · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Typical time (DOC)
- 7 - 11 hr 30 min hr one way
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/1bfcd6a57d8046d7aab16a38a5d
- Mountain range
- Mount Ward Range (Main Divide of The Southern Alps › Southern Alps; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 41 km NW of Twizel (Mackenzie District, Canterbury) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Ruataniwha Conservation Park
- Best months
- Feb, Apr
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Canterbury
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -43.9410, 169.8315
How it’s scored
Hard (7/10). Official rating: Intermediate, 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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