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Lake Kaniere Walkway
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
No month meets all three rules below at this spot.
- J18°11°372
- F18°11°287
- M17°10°331
- A14°7°321
- M11°5°327
- J8°2°353
- J7°1°275
- A9°2°310
- S11°4°381
- O13°6°427
- N15°8°364
- D17°10°462
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
Walk or mountain bike along the western shores of Lake Kaniere through lush lakeside forest, passing many picturesque bays and numerous forest streams.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 7.4 km · 4.6 mi (DOC route geometry)
- Source
- NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0)
- Difficulty
- Easy (3/10) (Easy · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Typical time (DOC)
- 4 hr one way
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/8ac53eb7a5494aeda12ee800604
- Mountain range
- Browning Range (Southern Alps; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 20 km SE of Hokitika (Westland District, West Coast) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Lake Kaniere Scenic Reserve
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- West Coast
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -42.8474, 171.1324
How it’s scored
Easy (3/10). Official rating: Easy · 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 centreMount Tuhua Track
3.3 mi · 5.3 km · Lake Kaniere Scenic Reserve
Kaniere Water Race Walkway
4.0 mi · 6.4 km · Conservation Area - Kaniere Forest
Arahua and Styx Valleys Tracks
7 mi · 11 km · West Coast
Toaroha/Zit Saddle/Kokatahi/Lathrop Saddle/Styx River Route
9 mi · 15 km · Conservation Area - Wanganui / Otira Catchments
Goldsborough (Shamrock) Track
11 mi · 18 km · Shamrock Creek Amenity Area
Mananui Tramline (Māhinapua Walkway)
12 mi · 19 km · West Coast
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