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Lake Christabel tracks
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Nov–Apr · highs 12–18 °C (54–64 °F)
- J18°9°180
- F17°9°128
- M15°8°143
- A12°5°166
- M9°3°175
- J6°0°195
- J5°-1°169
- A7°1°166
- S9°2°188
- O11°4°226
- N14°6°185
- D16°8°198
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
A number of tracks lead to a hut at Lake Christabel.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 40 km · 25 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 days
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/c8a2a308bab34d79bfdfe445ea5
- Mountain range
- Doubtful Range (Main Divide of The Southern Alps › Southern Alps; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 35 km E of Gloriavale Christian Church (Grey District, West Coast) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Victoria Forest Park
- Best months
- Nov–Apr
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- West Coast
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -42.4962, 172.0966
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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