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Huxley valley tracks
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Feb · highs 15–15 °C (59–59 °F)
- J15°7°251
- F15°7°186
- M13°5°244
- A10°2°205
- M5°-1°241
- J1°-5°260
- J0°-5°202
- A2°-3°220
- S4°-2°245
- O6°0°267
- N10°2°245
- D13°5°312
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
The Huxley valley branches off Hopkins valley in Ruataniwha Conservation Park.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 13 km · 8 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)
- Up to 9 hr one way
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/05796e7c62a74869b4725bb44b0
- Mountain range
- Barrier Range (Main Divide of The Southern Alps › Southern Alps; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 37 km NW of Twizel (Mackenzie District, Canterbury) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Ruataniwha Conservation Park
- Connects to
- Hopkins valley tracks (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Feb
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Canterbury
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -44.0414, 169.7465
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 centreNorth Temple Track
3.2 mi · 5.1 km · Ruataniwha Conservation Park
Hunter Valley tracks
7 mi · 11 km · Hawea Conservation Park
South Temple Track
7 mi · 11 km · Ruataniwha Conservation Park
Hopkins valley tracks
8 mi · 13 km · Ruataniwha Conservation Park
Ahuriri Valley Track
13 mi · 21 km · Canterbury
Flanagan Pass Trail
14 mi · 23 km · Ruataniwha Conservation Park
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