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Mount Barrosa Track

Trail2.4 km · 1.5 miHard · 7/10Best Oct–Apr

Canterbury, New ZealandHakatere Conservation AreaBuicks Bridge to Potts Bridge Track · Hakatere Conservation AreaStour Track · Hakatere Conservation AreaHakatere Conservation AreaMount Somers Conservation AreaMount Somers Track · Mount Somers Conservation AreaMount Somers Conservation AreaCanterburySouth Face Track · CanterburyHakatere Conservation ParkTrack to Woolshed Creek Hut · Hakatere Conservation ParkHakatere Conservation ParkEndStart5 kmN ↑

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Best time to hike

Best months: Oct–Apr · highs 11–18 °C (52–64 °F)

  1. J18°9°81
  2. F18°9°76
  3. M16°7°86
  4. A13°4°75
  5. M9°1°87
  6. J5°-2°84
  7. J3°-3°89
  8. A5°-1°92
  9. S8°1°86
  10. O11°3°102
  11. N14°5°85
  12. D16°7°94

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

Climb to the top of Mount Barrosa (1364 m) for good views of the surrounding countryside.

NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).

Trail facts

Length
2.4 km · 1.5 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 hr 30 min one way
Official page
doc.govt.nz/link/d0cfdea2114a47f2b47a48d87a4
Nearest town
35 km W of Methven (Ashburton District, Canterbury) · GeoNames
Best months
Oct–Apr
Country
New Zealand
Region
Canterbury
Continent
Oceania
Route centre
-43.6387, 171.2185
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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