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Sugarloaf/Rockburn Track
Next nearby hike: Lake Sylvan Track 2.8 mi · 4.5 kmExplore Humboldt Mountains →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
No month meets all three rules below at this spot.
- J16°8°325
- F16°8°211
- M14°6°285
- A10°3°253
- M6°0°294
- J2°-3°275
- J2°-4°226
- A3°-2°242
- S5°-1°282
- O7°1°317
- N11°3°251
- D14°6°342
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
This marked track traverses moraine through beech forest from Lake Sylvan.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 9.1 km · 5.7 mi (DOC route geometry)
- Source
- NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0)
- Difficulty
- Hard (7/10) (Advanced · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Typical time (DOC)
- 8-11 hr (Routeburn carpark - Lake Sylvan)
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/b5edd0e10d5b4cacb2c73b37db1
- Mountain range
- Humboldt Mountains (Main Divide of The Southern Alps › Southern Alps; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 45 km NW of Arthurs Point (Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Mount Aspiring National Park
- Connects to
- Routeburn Track (at its start or end)
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Otago
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -44.6765, 168.2903
How it’s scored
Hard (7/10). Official rating: Advanced · 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 centreLake Sylvan Track
2.8 mi · 4.5 km · Mount Aspiring National Park
Scott Creek Track
6.1 mi · 9.7 km · Otago
Routeburn Track
7 mi · 11 km · Fiordland National Park
Earnslaw Burn Track
7 mi · 12 km · Lower Dart Conservation Area
Deadmans Track
8 mi · 13 km · Fiordland National Park
Kea Basin Track
9 mi · 14 km · Mount Aspiring National Park