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Matauria Ridge Track (Makahu Saddle to Mackintosh Track Junction)
Next nearby hike: Lotkow Road to Little's Clearing 1.7 mi · 2.7 kmExplore Black Birch Range →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Sep–May · highs 11–20 °C (52–68 °F)
- J20°10°122
- F20°10°124
- M17°8°153
- A14°6°152
- M11°4°139
- J9°2°167
- J8°2°208
- A9°2°159
- S11°3°137
- O14°5°128
- N16°6°121
- D18°9°145
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 connects Makahu Saddle with Mackintosh Track Junction, via Matauria Ridge
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 3.9 km · 2.4 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))
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/c06fd4c9035044f78d2fff2756f
- Mountain range
- Black Birch Range (North Island Mountain Spine; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 41 km W of Bay View (Napier City, Hawke's Bay Region) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Kaweka Forest Park
- Best months
- Sep–May
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Hawke's Bay
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -39.3172, 176.4147
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
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1.7 mi · 2.7 km · Kaweka Forest Park
Lakes carpark to Mackintosh carpark via Mackintosh Hut
1.9 mi · 3.0 km · Kaweka Forest Park
Mackintosh carpark to Mackintosh Hut
2.4 mi · 3.9 km · Kaweka Forest Park
Mackintosh carpark to Lawrence Road end via Mackintosh Hut and Donald River
2.8 mi · 4.5 km · Hawke's Bay
Lakes Carpark Loop – Rogue Ridge/Cooks Horn
3.1 mi · 5.0 km · Kaweka Forest Park
Lawrence Road tramping tracks
3.3 mi · 5.3 km · Kaweka Forest Park
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