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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Sep–Apr · highs 11–21 °C (52–70 °F)
- J21°11°50
- F20°11°40
- M18°9°42
- A14°6°35
- M9°2°38
- J5°-1°34
- J3°-2°30
- A6°0°27
- S11°2°31
- O14°5°38
- N17°7°36
- D19°10°55
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 historic trail follows an old bridle path that transported coal to the gold mining dredges 1890s-1930s.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 6.6 km · 4.1 mi (DOC route geometry)
- Source
- NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0)
- Difficulty
- Hard (7/10) (Easy, Advanced · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Typical time (DOC)
- 3 hr | 7–10 hr
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/6b493d71745c4ca88ed5912cc33
- Mountain range
- Black Umbrella Range (Inland Southern Alps › Southern Alps; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 6.5 km S of Alexandra (Central Otago District, Otago) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Sep–Apr
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Otago
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -45.3067, 169.3595
How it’s scored
Hard (7/10). Official rating: Easy, 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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