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Mount John Summit Circuit Track
On Mount John
Next nearby hike: Tekapo Mt John Walkway 0.4 mi · 0.7 kmExplore Mount John →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Nov–Apr · highs 12–17 °C (54–63 °F)
- J17°8°88
- F17°9°72
- M15°7°89
- A12°4°79
- M7°1°94
- J3°-2°94
- J2°-4°87
- A3°-3°91
- S7°0°91
- O10°2°97
- N13°4°86
- D15°7°108
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.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 12 km · 7 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Mount John (mountain; GeoNames)
- Nearest town
- 32 km W of Fairlie (Mackenzie District, Canterbury) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Nov–Apr
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Canterbury
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- Regional route
- Route centre
- -43.9865, 170.4710
- Route start
- -43.9906, 170.4613
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 6051048
- Official info
- doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-go/ca
How it’s scored
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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