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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Nov–Mar · highs 10–14 °C (50–57 °F)
- J14°6°73
- F14°6°57
- M12°4°79
- A9°1°62
- M5°-1°65
- J1°-4°65
- J0°-5°57
- A2°-4°57
- S5°-3°58
- O8°-1°71
- N10°2°67
- D13°4°90
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
Access the Locharburn Scenic Reserve and Pisa Conservation Area via a steep, direct hike.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 4.7 km · 2.9 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)
- 4-6 hr return
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/c37ad80559e543669d9c37b2184
- Nearest town
- 18 km SE of Wanaka (Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Pisa Conservation Area
- Best months
- Nov–Mar
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Otago
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -44.8360, 169.2708
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.