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Quartz Creek/Mount Royal Route
On Mount Royal, Richmond Range
Next nearby hike: Mt Fishtail Route 2.5 mi · 4.0 kmExplore Mount Royal →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Sep–May · highs 10–19 °C (50–66 °F)
- J19°8°124
- F19°8°102
- M17°6°134
- A14°4°144
- M10°2°146
- J8°-1°152
- J7°-1°147
- A8°-1°157
- S11°1°151
- O13°3°179
- N15°5°154
- D17°7°150
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
Climb up to the summit of Mount Royal (1366 m).
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 6.0 km · 3.7 mi (DOC route geometry)
- Source
- NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0)
- Difficulty
- Very hard (9/10) (Expert · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Typical time (DOC)
- 8 hr return
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/322e77070a814ce88c9374e5497
- Mountain
- Mount Royal (hill; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Richmond Range (Northwest Ranges; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 12 km N of Wairau Valley (Marlborough District, Marlborough) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Mount Richmond Forest Park
- Best months
- Sep–May
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Marlborough
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -41.4587, 173.5491
How it’s scored
Very hard (9/10). Official rating: Expert · 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 centreMt Fishtail Route
2.5 mi · 4.0 km · Mount Richmond Forest Park
Wakamarina Track
4.0 mi · 6.5 km · Mount Richmond Forest Park
Mt Richmond routes
7 mi · 11 km · Mount Richmond Forest Park
Forks/Riverside Walk
7 mi · 12 km · Mount Richmond Forest Park
Mt Sunday/Mt Riley Track
8 mi · 13 km · Mount Richmond Forest Park
Te Araroa - 06 Marlborough - c Pelorus Bridge to Hacket Hutt
10 mi · 16 km · Marlborough
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