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Masters Shelter to Golden Crown Ridge
Next nearby hike: Mangleton Road to Parks Peak Ridge 5.2 mi · 8.3 kmExplore Ruahine Range →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Sep–May · highs 10–19 °C (50–66 °F)
- J19°9°111
- F18°9°112
- M16°7°126
- A13°5°127
- M10°3°116
- J8°1°145
- J7°0°178
- A8°0°134
- S10°2°124
- O12°4°116
- N15°5°107
- D17°7°124
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
The Golden Crown Ridge Track begins behind Masters Shelter. The 2-3 hour walk climbs around a series of rocky knolls before continuing steeply upwards through beech forest to the top of the range.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 3.1 km · 1.9 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)
- 2 - 3 hr one way
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/cdcd3e44fc3c4cecb0995f99407
- Mountain range
- Ruahine Range (North Island Mountain Spine; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 38 km E of Moawhango (Rangitikei District, Manawatu-Wanganui) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Ruahine Forest Park
- Best months
- Sep–May
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Hawke's Bay
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -39.6291, 176.3039
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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