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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Sep–May · highs 11–18 °C (52–64 °F)
- J18°13°62
- F18°13°63
- M16°12°71
- A14°10°80
- M12°9°102
- J10°7°110
- J9°6°126
- A9°6°133
- S11°7°64
- O13°8°85
- N15°10°72
- D16°12°69
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
- 3.1 km · 1.9 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 6.6 km SE of Akaroa (Christchurch City, Canterbury) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Sep–May
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Canterbury
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- ST
- Route centre
- -43.8335, 173.0377
- Route start
- -43.8292, 173.0430
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 20419131
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.
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