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Makahu Road to Makahu Saddle (via Middle Hill Hut and Kaweka Flats)
On Kaweka, Kaweka Range
Next nearby hike: Makino Track (Makahu Road to Makino Hut) 3.1 mi · 5.0 kmExplore Kaweka →
Makahu Road to Makahu Saddle (via Middle Hill Hut and Kaweka Flats) other trails nearby (tap a dot to open it)
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NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0) · OpenStreetMap · Official page · Basemap: OpenFreeMap (OpenMapTiles, © OSM contributors).
7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Oct–Apr · highs 12–19 °C (54–66 °F)
- J19°8°126
- F18°9°128
- M16°7°156
- A13°5°157
- M10°3°146
- J7°1°174
- J6°0°216
- A7°0°168
- S10°2°144
- O12°3°137
- N15°5°128
- D17°7°152
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 day or overnight trip, along the eastern side of the Kaweka Range, passes through a variety of manuka, beech and sub alpine forest, and rewards trampers with good views of the mountain tops.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 10 km · 6 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)
- 5.5-7.5 hrs
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/c972ec3aaf3f4e2e8d443f7b178
- Mountain
- Kaweka (hill; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Kaweka Range (North Island Mountain Spine; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 44 km NW of Bay View (Napier City, Hawke's Bay Region) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Kaweka Forest Park
- Connects to
- Middle Hill Track (Makahu Road to Middle Hill Hut) (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Oct–Apr
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Hawke's Bay
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -39.2369, 176.4119
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.
Nearest trails
distance from the trail centreMakino Track (Makahu Road to Makino Hut)
3.1 mi · 5.0 km · Kaweka Forest Park
Middle Hill Track (Makahu Road to Middle Hill Hut)
3.6 mi · 5.9 km · Kaweka Forest Park
Te Puia Hut Track and Mangatainoka Hot Springs
3.7 mi · 5.9 km · Kaweka Forest Park
Makahu Road Circuit (via Makino Hut and Te Puia Lodge)
4.2 mi · 6.7 km · Kaweka Forest Park
Matauria Ridge Track (Makahu Saddle to Mackintosh Track Junction)
5.6 mi · 8.9 km · Kaweka Forest Park
Lotkow Road to Little's Clearing
5.8 mi · 9.3 km · Kaweka Forest Park
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