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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Nov–Apr · highs 11–16 °C (52–61 °F)
- J16°6°105
- F16°6°86
- M14°4°103
- A11°2°111
- M8°0°112
- J5°-3°128
- J4°-4°109
- A5°-3°118
- S8°-1°121
- O10°0°143
- N12°2°122
- D14°4°127
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
Walk or mountain bike up Mt Patriarch (1,656 m).
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 5.7 km · 3.5 mi (DOC route geometry)
- Source
- NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0)
- Difficulty
- Very hard (9/10) (Expert · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Typical time (DOC)
- 5–6 hr one way
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/cdc2c4b8b0c146babbf7a524a0b
- Mountain
- Mount Patriarch (hill; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Richmond Range (Northwest Ranges; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 24 km W of Wairau Valley (Marlborough District, Marlborough) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Mount Richmond Forest Park
- Best months
- Nov–Apr
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Marlborough
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -41.5982, 173.2427
How it’s scored
Very hard (9/10). Official rating: Expert · 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.
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