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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Oct–Apr · highs 11–17 °C (52–63 °F)
- J17°8°78
- F17°8°61
- M15°6°75
- A11°3°60
- M7°1°68
- J3°-3°68
- J2°-4°57
- A4°-2°54
- S8°0°60
- O11°2°74
- N13°4°70
- D15°7°97
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 farm track to the 1,226 m summit of Lindis Peak offers great panoramic views.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 4.0 km · 2.5 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)
- 5-6 hr return
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/668723254455440e8002e5a7e7c
- Mountain
- Lindis Peak (peak; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Mount Melina (Inland Southern Alps › Southern Alps; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 23 km SE of Lake Hawea (Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago) · GeoNames
- Connects to
- Lindis Valley tracks (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Oct–Apr
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Otago
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -44.7397, 169.4851
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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