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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°6°134
- F16°6°139
- M14°4°140
- A11°1°109
- M7°-1°124
- J4°-4°108
- J3°-5°125
- A5°-4°129
- S8°-2°118
- O10°-1°149
- N12°2°136
- D14°4°158
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
- Mapped length
- 4.7 km · 2.9 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Little Mount Peel (mountain; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Tara Haoa Range (Inland Southern Alps › Southern Alps; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 24 km N of Geraldine (Timaru District, Canterbury) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Peel Forest Park Scenic Reserve
- Best months
- Nov–Apr
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Canterbury
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- Department of Conservation
- Route centre
- -43.8902, 171.2252
- Route start
- -43.8804, 171.2140
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 2904360
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.
Nearest trails
distance from the trail startDeep Spur Track
0.9 mi · 1.5 km · Peel Forest Park Scenic Reserve
Little Mt Peel/Huatekerekere tracks
1.0 mi · 1.6 km · Canterbury
Allans Track
2.0 mi · 3.2 km · Peel Forest Park Scenic Reserve
Fern Walk
2.1 mi · 3.4 km · Peel Forest Park Scenic Reserve
Orari Gorge Track
7 mi · 12 km · Canterbury
Tenahaun Conservation Area tramping tracks
11 mi · 17 km · Canterbury
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