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Potts Hut Track
On Potts, Potts Range
Next nearby hike: Mystery Lake Track 2.3 mi · 3.8 kmExplore Potts →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Feb–Mar · highs 12–14 °C (54–57 °F)
- J14°6°201
- F14°6°157
- M12°4°197
- A9°1°191
- M5°-2°209
- J1°-5°220
- J-1°-6°206
- A1°-4°216
- S3°-2°224
- O6°-1°248
- N9°2°205
- D12°4°242
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
A track to Potts Hut through tussock-covered terraces.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 11 km · 7 mi (DOC route geometry)
- Source
- NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0)
- Difficulty
- Hard (7/10) (Advanced · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Typical time (DOC)
- 9 hr
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/ffb18152ed7347ff87f14fce6a1
- Mountain
- Potts (peak; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Potts Range (Inland Southern Alps › Southern Alps; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 55 km W of Methven (Ashburton District, Canterbury) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Hakatere Conservation Park
- Best months
- Feb–Mar
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Canterbury
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -43.5051, 170.9969
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 centreMystery Lake Track
2.3 mi · 3.8 km · Hakatere Conservation Park
Te Araroa - 09 Canterbury
3.1 mi · 5.0 km · Canterbury
Buicks Bridge to Potts Bridge Track
5.9 mi · 9.5 km · Hakatere Conservation Area
Lake Clearwater tracks
7 mi · 11 km · Hakatere Conservation Area
Lake Emma to Lake Camp Track
9 mi · 14 km · Hakatere Conservation Park
Lake Heron tracks
11 mi · 18 km · Hakatere Conservation Park
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