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Pearl Harbour to Hope Arm Track
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Sep–Apr · highs 10–18 °C (50–64 °F)
- J18°10°173
- F18°10°130
- M16°9°156
- A13°7°149
- M10°5°172
- J7°2°159
- J6°1°131
- A8°2°143
- S10°4°163
- O12°5°179
- N14°7°136
- D16°9°172
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
Pearl Harbour to Hope Arm Track is a local hiking route in Fiordland National Park, Southland, New Zealand, about 8.8 km (5.5 mi) in length. It is in the Hunter Mountains. Difficulty: Hard (7/10).
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Difficulty
- Hard (7/10) (Advanced · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Mapped length
- 8.8 km · 5.5 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Hunter Mountains (GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 24 km SW of Te Anau (Southland District, Southland) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Fiordland National Park
- Best months
- Sep–Apr
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Southland
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- DOC
- Route centre
- -45.5794, 167.5778
- Route start
- -45.5899, 167.5415
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 19927686
- Official info
- doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-go/fi
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.
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