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Mt Judah / Heather Jock Tracks
On Mount Judah, Richardson Mountains
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Nov–Apr · highs 11–17 °C (52–63 °F)
- J17°8°159
- F17°9°102
- M14°7°136
- A11°4°118
- M6°1°147
- J2°-3°137
- J1°-3°107
- A3°-2°120
- S5°0°136
- O8°1°157
- N12°4°120
- D15°7°161
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
Scheelite mining history, open tussock country and grand views await on these tracks - with the option of staying overnight in the basic Heather Jock Hut.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 7.1 km · 4.4 mi (DOC route geometry)
- Source
- NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0)
- Difficulty
- Hard (7/10) (Intermediate, Advanced · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Typical time (DOC)
- 2 - 3 hr one way | 3 - 4 hr 30 min one way
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/284debb2f35643c79cf5a8dec1c
- Mountain
- Mount Judah (hill; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Richardson Mountains (Main Divide of The Southern Alps › Southern Alps; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 24 km NW of Arthurs Point (Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Nov–Apr
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Otago
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -44.8469, 168.4361
How it’s scored
Hard (7/10). Official rating: Intermediate, 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.