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South Mavora Lake walking tracks
Next nearby hike: Boyd Creek Track 15 mi · 25 kmExplore Livingstone Mountains →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Oct–Apr · highs 10–17 °C (50–63 °F)
- J17°8°198
- F17°9°127
- M14°7°168
- A11°5°144
- M8°3°175
- J5°0°151
- J4°-1°121
- A5°0°133
- S8°1°161
- O10°3°187
- N13°5°154
- D15°7°193
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
Day walk options from the Mavora Lakes camping ground in the Te Anau area. This track is part of Te Araroa Trail.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 12 km · 7 mi (DOC route geometry)
- Source
- NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0)
- Difficulty
- Easy (3/10) (Easy · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/322076401e97460ba3e941982f7
- Mountain range
- Livingstone Mountains (Main Divide of The Southern Alps › Southern Alps; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 34 km E of Te Anau (Southland District, Southland) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Conservation Area - Snowdon Forest
- Best months
- Oct–Apr
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Southland
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -45.3352, 168.1374
How it’s scored
Easy (3/10). Official rating: Easy · 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.
Nearest trails
distance from the trail centreBoyd Creek Track
15 mi · 25 km · Conservation Area - Snowdon Forest
Princhester Saddle Route
24 mi · 39 km · Southland
Kepler Track: Rainbow Reach to Shallow Bay or Moturau Hut
24 mi · 39 km · Fiordland National Park
Mount Luxmore
25 mi · 40 km · Southland
Upper Aparima/Spence Burn Route
26 mi · 42 km · Takitimu Conservation Area
Bob’s Cove Track and Nature Walk
27 mi · 43 km · Otago
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