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Mt Grey/Maukatere Track
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Sep–May · highs 10–19 °C (50–66 °F)
- J19°9°68
- F18°9°76
- M17°8°78
- A14°5°77
- M10°3°85
- J8°0°95
- J7°-1°109
- A8°0°100
- S10°2°76
- O13°4°93
- N15°6°84
- D17°8°86
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
Combine this track with the Red Beech Track to form a circuit walk. Enjoy some of the best views in Canterbury from the summit of Mt Grey/Maukatere.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 4.5 km · 2.8 mi (DOC route geometry)
- Source
- NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0)
- Difficulty
- Easy (3/10) (Easy · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Typical time (DOC)
- 2-3 hr one way
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/491d6de51676470f94c36467c09
- Mountain range
- Okuku Range (GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 14 km N of Loburn (Waimakariri District, Canterbury) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Mount Grey/Maukatere Conservation Area
- Best months
- Sep–May
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Canterbury
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -43.1273, 172.5353
How it’s scored
Easy (3/10). Official rating: Easy · 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 centreRed Beech Track
1.2 mi · 1.9 km · Mount Grey/Maukatere Conservation Area
Pinchgut Track
9 mi · 15 km · Mt. Thomas Forest Conservation Area
Summit Track
10 mi · 16 km · Canterbury
Ridge Track
11 mi · 17 km · Mt. Thomas Forest Conservation Area
Bob’s Camp Bivouac Route
12 mi · 19 km · Mt. Thomas Forest Conservation Area
Bypass Track
15 mi · 24 km · Mt. Thomas Forest Conservation Area
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