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Mt Alford Track

On Mount Alford, Old Man Range

Local route4.3 km · 2.7 miHard · 7/10Best Sep–May

Next nearby hike: Mount Hutt Forest walking tracks 3.2 mi · 5.2 kmExplore Mount Alford →

Canterbury, New ZealandHakatere Conservation ParkMount Hutt Forest walking tracks · Hakatere Conservation ParkPudding Hill Stream Route · Hakatere Conservation ParkScotts Saddle Track · Hakatere Conservation ParkHakatere Conservation ParkMount Somers Conservation AreaMount Somers Track · Mount Somers Conservation AreaMount Somers Conservation AreaCanterburySouth Face Track · CanterburyEndStart5 kmN ↑

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Best time to hike

Best months: Sep–May · highs 10–20 °C (50–68 °F)

  1. J20°10°101
  2. F19°10°94
  3. M17°8°105
  4. A14°6°94
  5. M10°3°114
  6. J7°0°106
  7. J6°-1°115
  8. A8°0°121
  9. S10°2°107
  10. O13°4°127
  11. N16°6°105
  12. D18°9°114

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

Difficulty
Hard (7/10) (Advanced · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
Mapped length
4.3 km · 2.7 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Mountain
Mount Alford (hill; GeoNames)
Mountain range
Old Man Range (Inland Southern Alps › Southern Alps; GMBA)
Nearest town
12 km W of Methven (Ashburton District, Canterbury) · GeoNames
Best months
Sep–May
Country
New Zealand
Region
Canterbury
Continent
Oceania
Route type
Local route
Operator (OSM)
Department of Conservation
Route centre
-43.5910, 171.4880
Route start
-43.5999, 171.5032
OpenStreetMap
relation 7164890
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

distance from the trail start

Mount Hutt Forest walking tracks

3.2 mi · 5.2 km · Hakatere Conservation Park

Pudding Hill Stream Route

3.7 mi · 6.0 km · Hakatere Conservation Park

Scotts Saddle Track

3.8 mi · 6.1 km · Hakatere Conservation Park

Mount Somers Track

7 mi · 12 km · Mount Somers Conservation Area

South Face Track

9 mi · 14 km · Canterbury

Track to Woolshed Creek Hut

9 mi · 14 km · Hakatere Conservation Park

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