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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Aug–May · highs 10–20 °C (50–68 °F)
- J20°12°134
- F20°12°133
- M18°11°145
- A16°9°172
- M13°7°170
- J11°5°200
- J10°4°203
- A10°4°196
- S12°5°170
- O14°7°168
- N16°8°157
- D18°10°181
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 track passes through a fine example of lowland forest, one of the few areas left unlogged on the Mamaku Plateau.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 6.2 km · 3.9 mi (DOC route geometry)
- Source
- NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0)
- Difficulty
- Very hard (9/10) (Expert · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Typical time (DOC)
- 5 hr 30 min return
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/219563640c3140a1acc733420ae
- Nearest town
- 8.0 km W of Kaharoa (Rotorua District, Bay of Plenty) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Conservation Area - Mangorewa
- Best months
- Aug–May
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Bay of Plenty
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -37.9744, 176.1478
How it’s scored
Very hard (9/10). Official rating: Expert · 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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