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Round the Mountain - 04 Mangaehuehu Hut to Ohakune Mountain Road
Next nearby hike: Round the Mountain - 03 Rangipo Hut to Mangaehuehu 2.5 mi · 4.0 kmExplore Mount Ruapehu →● Live cam 3.0 mi away
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jan–Apr · highs 11–15 °C (52–59 °F)
- J15°7°170
- F15°7°153
- M13°5°165
- A11°3°171
- M8°2°208
- J5°0°259
- J4°-1°244
- A5°-1°229
- S7°0°258
- O9°2°245
- N11°3°200
- D13°5°245
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 - 04 Mangaehuehu Hut to Ohakune Mountain Road is a regional hiking route of about 10 km (6 mi) in Tongariro National Park, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand. It is in Mount Ruapehu. It lies about 15 km northeast of Ohakune.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 10 km · 6 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Mount Ruapehu (North Island Volcanic Plateau; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 15 km NE of Ohakune (Ruapehu District, Manawatu-Wanganui) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Tongariro National Park
- Best months
- Jan–Apr
- Live cam nearby
- Mt Ruapehu Live Stream from Ohakune, New Zealand (MtRuapehu, 3.0 mi · 4.8 km away)
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Manawatū-Whanganui
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- Regional route
- Ref
- RTM04
- Operator (OSM)
- DoC
- From / to
- Mangaehuehu Hut → Ohakune Mountain Road
- Route centre
- -39.3262, 175.5227
- Route start
- -39.3430, 175.5500
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 17616356
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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