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Kiwi Saddle Hut via Mt Kuripapango
Next nearby hike: Cameron Hut via Mt Kuripapango and Smith-Russell Track 0.6 mi · 0.9 kmExplore Kuripapango →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Oct–Apr · highs 11–17 °C (52–63 °F)
- J17°7°114
- F17°7°114
- M15°6°138
- A12°4°137
- M9°2°128
- J6°0°158
- J5°-1°187
- A6°-1°149
- S8°0°131
- O11°2°122
- N13°4°113
- D16°6°139
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 to Kiwi Saddle Hut via Mt Kuripapango and the Smith-Russell Track
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 3.0 km · 1.9 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)
- 4 hrs
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/5ee6b032ad3243d69b658401cd2
- Mountain
- Kuripapango (hill; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Kaweka Range (North Island Mountain Spine; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 47 km W of Bay View (Napier City, Hawke's Bay Region) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Kaweka Forest Park
- Connects to
- Cameron Carpark to Mt Kuripapango Track, Cameron Hut via Mt Kuripapango and Smith-Russell Track (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Oct–Apr
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Hawke's Bay
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -39.3495, 176.3281
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
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0.6 mi · 0.9 km · Kaweka Forest Park
Cameron Carpark to Mt Kuripapango Track
2.0 mi · 3.2 km · Kaweka Forest Park
Lakes Carpark Loop – Rogue Ridge/Cooks Horn
2.3 mi · 3.7 km · Kaweka Forest Park
Mackintosh carpark to Mackintosh Hut
3.2 mi · 5.2 km · Kaweka Forest Park
Mackintosh carpark to Lawrence Road end via Mackintosh Hut and Donald River
3.2 mi · 5.2 km · Hawke's Bay
Lakes carpark to Mackintosh carpark via Mackintosh Hut
3.3 mi · 5.3 km · Kaweka Forest Park
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