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Pupu Hydro Walkway
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jan–May · highs 13–20 °C (55–68 °F)
- J19°13°160
- F20°13°128
- M18°12°168
- A15°9°180
- M13°8°198
- J11°6°240
- J10°5°219
- A11°5°232
- S12°7°227
- O14°8°242
- N16°10°201
- D18°12°204
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
Retracing an old gold-mining water race, this short walk passes through forest of young beech and rimu to mature podocarps - it's good for children but be sure to supervise them.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 4.1 km · 2.5 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)
- 1hr 50 min
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/ef8d5c3998e94485b592b574cbb
- Mountain range
- Haupiri Range (Northwest Ranges; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 6.7 km W of Takaka (Tasman District) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Kahurangi National Park
- Best months
- Jan–May
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Tasman
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -40.8532, 172.7208
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.
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