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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Oct–Apr · highs 12–19 °C (54–66 °F)
- J19°10°138
- F18°10°98
- M16°8°116
- A13°6°135
- M10°3°147
- J7°1°164
- J6°0°146
- A7°1°138
- S10°3°158
- O12°4°187
- N15°6°153
- D17°9°161
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
This is a great walk for families with young children or those people new to tramping. The track is a well formed bench track that can also be completed as a day walk.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 5.9 km · 3.7 mi (DOC route geometry)
- Source
- NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0)
- Difficulty
- Moderate (5/10) (Intermediate · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Typical time (DOC)
- 3 hr one way
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/c96fdc6d196047f0ba913ee7830
- Mountain range
- Freyberg Range (Main Divide of The Southern Alps › Southern Alps; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 39 km SE of Reefton (Buller District, West Coast) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Lewis Pass Scenic Reserve
- Best months
- Oct–Apr
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- West Coast
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -42.3310, 172.2453
How it’s scored
Moderate (5/10). Official rating: Intermediate · 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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