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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jan–Apr · highs 11–16 °C (52–61 °F)
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- 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.
Trail facts
- Difficulty
- Hard (7/10) (Advanced · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Mapped length
- 72 km · 45 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Mount Ruapehu (North Island Volcanic Plateau; GMBA)
- 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
- Manawatū-Whanganui
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- Regional route
- Ref
- RTM
- Route centre
- -39.2691, 175.5869
- Route start
- -39.1996, 175.5429
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 1250813
- Wikidata
- Q97636837
How it’s scored
Hard (7/10). Official rating: Advanced · 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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