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Kowhai Walking Track
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Aug–Jun · highs 10–21 °C (50–70 °F)
- J21°13°46
- F21°13°48
- M19°11°52
- A16°9°55
- M13°6°72
- J10°4°76
- J9°3°87
- A10°4°86
- S13°6°49
- O15°7°60
- N17°9°54
- D19°12°56
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.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 2.1 km · 1.3 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 4.0 km W of Heathcote Valley (Christchurch City, Canterbury) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Aug–Jun
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Canterbury
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- CCC
- Route centre
- -43.5748, 172.6698
- Route start
- -43.5695, 172.6641
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 15097741
How it’s scored
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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