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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Sep–May · highs 11–17 °C (52–63 °F)
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- F17°11°101
- M15°10°111
- A13°9°111
- M11°7°129
- J9°5°121
- J9°5°101
- A10°5°105
- S11°6°110
- O13°7°118
- N14°9°94
- D16°10°120
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
Based in Waitutu Forest, in south east of Fiordland National Park, Te Wai Pounamu (South Island) of Aotearoa-New Zealand. The track is about 61 km in distance and is based in Waitutu Forest (part of Fiordland National Park).
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Trail facts
- Difficulty
- Moderate (5/10) (Intermediate · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Length (signed)
- 61 km · 38 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 58 km · 36 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 16 km W of Tuatapere (Southland District, Southland) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Sep–May
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Southland
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- Regional route
- Ref
- HRT
- From / to
- Rarakau car park, Papatotara Coast Road → Rarakau car park, Papatotara Coast Road
- Route centre
- -46.1981, 167.3799
- Route start
- -46.1465, 167.4728
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 11620232
- Wikidata
- Q5941215
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.
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