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Kiriwhakapapa to Blue Range Hut
Next nearby hike: Blue Range to Cow Creek Hut Track 1.6 mi · 2.6 kmExplore Tararua Range →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Sep–May · highs 11–18 °C (52–64 °F)
- J18°10°93
- F18°10°106
- M16°9°104
- A14°7°101
- M11°5°138
- J9°3°161
- J8°2°163
- A9°2°146
- S11°3°142
- O12°5°157
- N14°7°126
- D16°9°128
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
Tramp from Kiriwhakapapa road end to Blue Range Hut, a quirky hut with great views.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 2.5 km · 1.6 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)
- 2-3 hr
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/760a5d60303d43bdbeaf75eb966
- Mountain range
- Tararua Range (North Island Mountain Spine; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 12 km W of Kopuaranga (Masterton District, Wellington Region) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Tararua Forest Park
- Best months
- Sep–May
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Wellington
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -40.8016, 175.5276
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.
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