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Round the Mountain - 07 Whakapapaiti Hut to Whakapapa Village
Next nearby hike: Whakapapaiti Valley Track 1.7 mi · 2.8 kmExplore Mount Ruapehu →● Live cam 4.5 mi away
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Feb · highs 15–15 °C (59–59 °F)
- J15°6°208
- F15°7°189
- M13°5°201
- A10°3°209
- M7°1°254
- J5°-1°313
- J4°-2°298
- A5°-2°282
- S7°0°320
- O8°1°305
- N11°3°252
- D13°5°306
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 - 07 Whakapapaiti Hut to Whakapapa Village is a regional hiking route of about 8.0 km (5.0 mi) in Tongariro National Park, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand. It is in Mount Ruapehu. It lies about 22 km northeast of Ohakune.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 8.0 km · 5.0 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Mount Ruapehu (North Island Volcanic Plateau; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 22 km NE of Ohakune (Ruapehu District, Manawatu-Wanganui) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Tongariro National Park
- Best months
- Feb
- Live cam nearby
- Mt Ruapehu Live Stream from Ohakune, New Zealand (MtRuapehu, 4.5 mi · 7.3 km away)
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Manawatū-Whanganui
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- Regional route
- Ref
- RTM07
- Operator (OSM)
- DoC
- From / to
- Whakapapaiti Hu → Whakapapa Village
- Route centre
- -39.2198, 175.5207
- Route start
- -39.2377, 175.5177
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 17616359
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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