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Round the Mountain - 01 Whakapapa Village to Waihohonu Hut
On Waihohonu
Next nearby hike: Taranaki Falls Walk 0.6 mi · 1.0 kmExplore Waihohonu →● Live cam 7 mi away
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jan–Apr · highs 11–16 °C (52–61 °F)
- J16°8°197
- F16°8°178
- M14°6°191
- A11°4°199
- M9°2°241
- J6°0°297
- J5°0°284
- A6°0°269
- S8°1°302
- O10°2°289
- N12°4°238
- D14°6°287
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
Round the Mountain - 01 Whakapapa Village to Waihohonu Hut is a regional hiking route of about 15 km (9 mi) in Tongariro National Park, Waikato, New Zealand. It is on Waihohonu. It lies about 26 km northeast of Ohakune.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 15 km · 9 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Waihohonu (mountain; GeoNames)
- Nearest town
- 26 km NE of Ohakune (Ruapehu District, Manawatu-Wanganui) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Tongariro National Park
- Connects to
- Tongariro Northern Circuit (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jan–Apr
- Live cam nearby
- Mt Ruapehu Live Stream from Ohakune, New Zealand (MtRuapehu, 7 mi · 11 km away)
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Waikato
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- Regional route
- Ref
- RTM01
- Operator (OSM)
- DOC Depratment of Conservation
- From / to
- Whakapapa Village → Waihohonu Hut
- Route centre
- -39.2038, 175.6109
- Route start
- -39.1996, 175.5429
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 17616353
How it’s scored
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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