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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Sep–May · highs 11–19 °C (52–66 °F)
- J19°9°103
- F19°10°98
- M17°8°104
- A14°6°106
- M11°4°119
- J8°2°143
- J8°2°142
- A8°2°127
- S11°3°133
- O12°4°125
- N15°6°105
- D17°8°123
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 steep climb to this hut nestled above the bushline on the Hikurangi Range in the Ruahine Forest Park.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 3.4 km · 2.1 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)
- 3 - 4 hr
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/d4a0b07255d64324ab5673121c3
- Mountain
- Ruahemi (mountain; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Ruahine Range (North Island Mountain Spine; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 25 km SE of Taihape (Rangitikei District, Manawatu-Wanganui) · GeoNames
- Connects to
- Purity - Kelly Knight Hut Loop Track, Purity to Kawhatau Base Track (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Sep–May
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Manawatū-Whanganui
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -39.8132, 176.0299
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 centrePurity - Kelly Knight Hut Loop Track
1.9 mi · 3.1 km · Manawatū-Whanganui
Purity to Kawhatau Base Track
1.9 mi · 3.1 km · Manawatū-Whanganui
McKinnon Hut Track
3.5 mi · 5.6 km · Ruahine Forest (West) Conservation Area
Rangitane Road to Crow Hut Loop Track
3.7 mi · 6.0 km · Manawatū-Whanganui
Renfrew Road end to Table Flat Road end
5.6 mi · 9.0 km · Ruahine Forest Park
Rangiwahia Hut - Deadmans Track
5.8 mi · 9.3 km · Ruahine Forest Park
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