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This route crosses the southern end of the Tararua Forest Park, starting at the Akatarawa Saddle and finishing at Kaitoke.
Description from NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 15 km · 9 mi (DOC route geometry)
- Source
- NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0)
- Difficulty
- Very hard (9/10) (Advanced, Expert · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Typical time (DOC)
- 3-4 days
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/e144357a461d43f099701a430c7
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Wellington
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -40.9699, 175.1871 (centre of the official trail line)
How it’s scored
Very hard (9/10). Official rating: Advanced, 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.
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