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TA08f - Tekapo to Lake Ōhau

Local route87 km · 54 miEasy · 3/10Best Oct–Apr

Next nearby hike: Cowans Hill 0.7 mi · 1.1 kmExplore Canterbury →

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Best time to hike

Best months: Oct–Apr · highs 11–19 °C (52–66 °F)

  1. J19°10°77
  2. F18°10°63
  3. M16°8°77
  4. A13°5°69
  5. M9°2°83
  6. J5°-1°81
  7. J3°-2°76
  8. A5°-1°81
  9. S8°1°79
  10. O11°3°86
  11. N14°6°76
  12. D17°8°95

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

TA08f - Tekapo to Lake Ōhau is a local hiking route in Canterbury, New Zealand, about 87 km (54 mi) in length. Difficulty: Easy (3/10). It lies about 30 km west of Fairlie.

Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.

Trail facts

Difficulty
Easy (3/10) (easy · OpenStreetMap difficulty tag (ODbL))
Length (signed)
87 km · 54 mi (OSM distance tag)
Mapped length
85 km · 53 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Nearest town
30 km W of Fairlie (Mackenzie District, Canterbury) · GeoNames
Part of
Te Araroa - 09 Canterbury (regional route)
Best months
Oct–Apr
Country
New Zealand
Region
Canterbury
Continent
Oceania
Route type
Local route
Ref
TA08f
Operator (OSM)
Te Araroa
From / to
Tekapo township → Lake Ōhau
Route centre
-44.1504, 170.1642
Route start
-44.0048, 170.4772
OpenStreetMap
relation 19537153
Wikidata
Q4242105
How it’s scored

Easy (3/10). Official rating: easy · OpenStreetMap difficulty tag (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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