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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
No month meets all three rules below at this spot.
- J18°12°404
- F18°12°306
- M16°11°428
- A14°9°338
- M11°6°390
- J9°4°437
- J8°3°319
- A9°4°355
- S11°5°428
- O13°6°449
- N14°8°404
- D16°10°535
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 Moeraki Valley offers good tramping for the fit and experienced. The U-shaped valley is typical of those carved out by glaciers during repeated glacial periods.
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
- Very hard (9/10) (Advanced, Expert · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Typical time (DOC)
- 2+ days
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/fde05f79debb43fd89948f6730b
- Mountain range
- Mataketake Range (Southern Alps; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 58 km SW of Waikowhai (Westland District, West Coast) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Conservation Area - Cook River/Weheka to Haast River
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- West Coast
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -43.7993, 169.3526
How it’s scored
Very hard (9/10). Official rating: Advanced, 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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