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Routeburn Track

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New Zealand32 km · 20 miNZ Great Walk

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7-day forecast

Open-Meteo · trail point · local dates · last updated Nov 11, 2026, 3:10 PM PT

Thu 12

Drizzle

9°C / 3°C

90% · 2.9 mm

Wind 13 km/h

Poor

Fri 13

Fog

8°C / 1°C

0% · 0.0 mm

Wind 11 km/h

Good

Sat 14

Light drizzle

12°C / 0°C

18% · 0.4 mm

Wind 13 km/h

Fair

Sun 15

Rain

9°C / 4°C

100% · 29.5 mm

Wind 20 km/h

Poor

Mon 16

Rain showers

8°C / -2°C

89% · 10.7 mm

Wind 9 km/h

Poor

Tue 17

Drizzle

5°C / -2°C

72% · 3.0 mm

Wind 13 km/h

Poor

Wed 18

Rain showers

8°C / -0°C

83% · 11.4 mm

Wind 14 km/h

Poor

Route

5 kmN ↑

Route line © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), simplified. Dot: trail point.

About this trail

The Routeburn Track is a 32 km tramping (hiking) track found in the South Island of New Zealand. The track can be done in either direction, starting on the Queenstown side of the Southern Alps, at the northern end of Lake Wakatipu or on the Te Anau side, at the Divide, several kilometres from the Homer Tunnel to Milford Sound.

From the Wikipedia article “Routeburn Track”, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Trail facts

Length
32 km · 20 mi (Wikidata)
Countries
New Zealand
Continent
Oceania
Trail point
-44.72695, 168.17034 (Wikidata coordinate)
OSM network
National walking network
Operator (OSM)
Depratment of Conservation
Wikidata
Q2170592
OpenStreetMap
relation 1385139
Official info
doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/tracks-and-walk

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Photo: “MackenzieHut.jpg” by Steffen Sledz, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized).

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