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Kopuwai Track to Sisters Track

In the Old Woman Range

Trail5.4 km · 3.4 miHard · 7/10Best Dec–Mar

Next nearby hike: Obelisk Loop Track 2.8 mi · 4.5 kmExplore Old Woman Range →

Kopuwai Conservation AreaAldinga Conservation AreaConroys Creek Historic Sites · Aldinga Conservation AreaAldinga Conservation AreaKopuwai Conservation AreaObelisk Loop Track · Kopuwai Conservation AreaOtagoOmeo Gully Track · OtagoProspect Hill Track · OtagoOtagoEndStart5 kmN ↑

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Best time to hike

Best months: Dec–Mar · highs 10–13 °C (50–55 °F)

  1. J13°4°119
  2. F12°4°91
  3. M10°2°103
  4. A7°-1°86
  5. M3°-3°97
  6. J-1°-6°88
  7. J-2°-7°74
  8. A-1°-6°76
  9. S3°-5°80
  10. O6°-3°96
  11. N8°0°88
  12. D11°2°132

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

Centred in the heart of the Kopuwai Conservation Area, this track follows along the rolling tops of the Old Man Range.

NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).

Trail facts

Length
5.4 km · 3.4 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 hr 30 min one way
Official page
doc.govt.nz/link/29e10240db26428bab0c680fdd1
Mountain range
Old Woman Range (Inland Southern Alps › Southern Alps; GMBA)
Nearest town
20 km W of Alexandra (Central Otago District, Otago) · GeoNames
Park or forest
Kopuwai Conservation Area
Best months
Dec–Mar
Country
New Zealand
Region
Otago
Continent
Oceania
Route centre
-45.3106, 169.1362
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 centre

Obelisk Loop Track

2.8 mi · 4.5 km · Kopuwai Conservation Area

Prospect Hill Track

5.4 mi · 8.7 km · Otago

Omeo Gully Track

7 mi · 11 km · Otago

Conroys Creek Historic Sites

8 mi · 14 km · Aldinga Conservation Area

Flat Top Hill Tramping Track

10 mi · 15 km · Flat Top Hill Conservation Area

Lake Roxburgh Walkway

11 mi · 17 km · Otago

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