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Knights Track to Pohangina Valley East Road
On Pakohu, Ruahine Range
Next nearby hike: Longview Hut to Mākāretu Hut Track 2.7 mi · 4.4 kmExplore Pakohu →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Oct–Apr · highs 10–16 °C (50–61 °F)
- J16°8°129
- F16°8°129
- M14°6°134
- A12°4°129
- M9°3°151
- J7°1°180
- J6°0°188
- A6°0°159
- S8°1°167
- O10°3°162
- N12°4°135
- D15°6°152
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
There is a bit of everything on this tramp in the Ruahine Forest Park - open tops, rivers and bush travel.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 15 km · 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)
- 3 days
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/cf5bae92f7e446acb2421f7438e
- Mountain
- Pakohu (mountain; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Ruahine Range (North Island Mountain Spine; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 22 km N of Dannevirke (Manawatu-Wanganui) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Ruahine Forest Park
- Connects to
- Deerford Track to Makiekie Creek, Knights-Shorts Loop Track (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Oct–Apr
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Manawatū-Whanganui
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -40.0115, 176.0784
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 centreLongview Hut to Mākāretu Hut Track
2.7 mi · 4.4 km · Ruahine Forest Park
Deerford Track to Makiekie Creek
3.7 mi · 6.0 km · Ruahine Forest Park
Knights-Shorts Loop Track
3.7 mi · 6.0 km · Ruahine Forest Park
Stanfield Hut to Cattle Creek Hut Track
4.9 mi · 7.8 km · Ruahine Forest Park
Iron Gate Hut Track
5.2 mi · 8.4 km · Ruahine Forest Park
Table Flat - Kashmir Roadend West-East crossing
5.5 mi · 8.9 km · Ruahine Forest Park
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