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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Sep–May · highs 11–19 °C (52–66 °F)
- J19°10°110
- F19°11°105
- M17°9°107
- A14°7°110
- M11°5°134
- J9°3°165
- J8°2°158
- A9°2°148
- S11°4°166
- O12°5°159
- N15°7°130
- D17°9°163
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
Explore the forest on this loop track close to Ohakune.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 2.3 km · 1.4 mi (DOC route geometry)
- Source
- NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0)
- Difficulty
- Easy (2/10) (Easiest · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Typical time (DOC)
- 1 hr 5 min loop
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/94e620ea519a4d2586a9f2e6b5a
- Nearest town
- 2.9 km NE of Ohakune (Ruapehu District, Manawatu-Wanganui) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Tongariro National Park
- Best months
- Sep–May
- Live cam nearby
- Mt Ruapehu Live Stream from Ohakune, New Zealand (MtRuapehu, 9 mi · 14 km away)
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Manawatū-Whanganui
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -39.3946, 175.4291
How it’s scored
Easy (2/10). Official rating: Easiest · 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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Old Blyth Track
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Horopito Track
6.2 mi · 9.9 km · Tongariro National Park
Round the Mountain - 04 Mangaehuehu Hut to Ohakune Mountain Road
7 mi · 11 km · Tongariro National Park
Round the Mountain - 05 Ohakune Mountain Road to Mangaturuturu Hut
8 mi · 12 km · Tongariro National Park
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