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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)About this trail
Climbs steeply to top of Mount Matthews (941 m). Outstanding views of Wellington Harbour and Wairarapa, Tararua and Kaikoura ranges. Complete route from Catchpool Carpark, Orongorongo Track and Big Bend Track: about 12 km one way.
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Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 4.5 km · 2.8 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 3.9 km · 2.4 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Wellington
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- Regional route
- Ref
- MMT
- Operator (OSM)
- Department of Conservation
- From / to
- Mount Matthews
- Route centre
- -41.3393, 175.0083
- Route start
- -41.3268, 175.0042
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 11769352
- Official info
- doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-go/we
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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