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Saint James Walkway
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Nov–Apr · highs 11–16 °C (52–61 °F)
- J16°8°133
- F16°8°99
- M14°6°121
- A11°4°136
- M8°1°152
- J4°-1°171
- J3°-3°159
- A5°-1°147
- S7°0°162
- O10°2°192
- N12°4°158
- D15°6°161
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
- Moderate (4/10) (mountain_hiking (T2) · OpenStreetMap SAC scale (ODbL))
- Mapped length
- 65 km · 40 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Opera Range (Main Divide of The Southern Alps › Southern Alps; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 37 km NW of Hanmer Springs (Hurunui District, Canterbury) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Lewis Pass Scenic Reserve
- Best months
- Nov–Apr
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Canterbury
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- National route
- Operator (OSM)
- Department of Conservation
- SAC scale (OSM)
- mountain hiking
- Route centre
- -42.4004, 172.4938
- Route start
- -42.3798, 172.4010
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 17504806
- Wikidata
- Q7593510
- Official info
- doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-go/ca
How it’s scored
Moderate (4/10). Official rating: mountain_hiking (T2) · OpenStreetMap SAC scale (ODbL).
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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