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Mount French Track
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
No month meets all three rules below at this spot.
- J17°10°363
- F18°10°277
- M16°8°306
- A13°6°314
- M10°4°321
- J7°1°354
- J7°0°277
- A8°1°308
- S10°3°373
- O12°4°422
- N14°6°354
- D16°8°431
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 French for spectacular views of Lake Brunner and the Southern Alps.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 2.2 km · 1.4 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))
- Typical time (DOC)
- 8 hr return
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/b482585d5d59456c94720f3d644
- Mountain
- Mount French (hill; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Hohonu Range (Southern Alps; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 23 km S of Dobson (Grey District, West Coast) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Conservation Area - Hōhonu Forest
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- West Coast
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -42.6550, 171.3448
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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Goldsborough (Shamrock) Track
10 mi · 16 km · Shamrock Creek Amenity Area
Goldsborough short walks
11 mi · 18 km · West Coast
Camp Creek Route
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Harman Pass Route
14 mi · 22 km · Conservation Area - Wanganui / Otira Catchments
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