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Purity to Kawhatau Base Track
On Ruahemi, Ruahine Range
Next nearby hike: Purity - Kelly Knight Hut Loop Track 0.0 mi · 0.0 kmExplore Ruahemi →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Sep–May · highs 10–18 °C (50–64 °F)
- J18°9°106
- F18°10°102
- M16°8°107
- A14°6°109
- M11°4°123
- J8°2°147
- J7°2°147
- A8°2°131
- S10°3°137
- O12°4°129
- N15°6°108
- D17°8°126
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 along the tussock tops of the Hikurangi Range between Purity and McKinnon huts in the Ruahine Forest Park.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 6.7 km · 4.2 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 days
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/f8ff1a13d9f14313baa6c85d6ff
- Mountain
- Ruahemi (mountain; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Ruahine Range (North Island Mountain Spine; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 27 km SE of Taihape (Rangitikei District, Manawatu-Wanganui) · GeoNames
- Connects to
- Purity - Kelly Knight Hut Loop Track, Purity Hut Track (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Sep–May
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Manawatū-Whanganui
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -39.8403, 176.0363
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
0.0 mi · 0.0 km · Manawatū-Whanganui
Purity Hut Track
1.9 mi · 3.1 km · Manawatū-Whanganui
Renfrew Road end to Table Flat Road end
3.7 mi · 6.0 km · Ruahine Forest Park
Rangiwahia Hut - Deadmans Track
4.0 mi · 6.4 km · Ruahine Forest Park
McKinnon Hut Track
5.3 mi · 8.5 km · Ruahine Forest (West) Conservation Area
Rangitane Road to Crow Hut Loop Track
5.5 mi · 8.9 km · Manawatū-Whanganui
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