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Table Flat - Kashmir Roadend West-East crossing
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Oct–Apr · highs 11–17 °C (52–63 °F)
- J17°8°126
- F17°9°124
- M15°7°129
- A12°5°127
- M10°3°146
- J7°1°174
- J6°1°179
- A7°1°154
- S9°2°163
- O11°3°156
- N13°5°130
- D15°7°150
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
A west east traverse of the Ruahine Forest Park, following the Oroua River valley and over the main Ruahine Range to the Kashmir Roadend.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 14 km · 8 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)
- 2-3 days
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/bec51a8638c948daa1294c8b766
- Mountain
- Table Flat (mountain; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Ruahine Range (North Island Mountain Spine; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 27 km NW of Takapau (Central Hawke's Bay District, Hawke's Bay Region) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Ruahine Forest Park
- Connects to
- Iron Gate Hut Track, Kashmir Road tramping tracks, Longview Hut to Mākāretu Hut Track, Renfrew Road end to Table Flat Road end (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Oct–Apr
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Manawatū-Whanganui
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -39.9325, 176.0646
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 centreIron Gate Hut Track
2.7 mi · 4.4 km · Ruahine Forest Park
Renfrew Road end to Table Flat Road end
2.9 mi · 4.7 km · Ruahine Forest Park
Rangiwahia Hut - Deadmans Track
3.2 mi · 5.2 km · Ruahine Forest Park
Longview Hut to Mākāretu Hut Track
3.7 mi · 6.0 km · Ruahine Forest Park
Deerford Track to Makiekie Creek
4.6 mi · 7.4 km · Ruahine Forest Park
Knights-Shorts Loop Track
4.6 mi · 7.4 km · Ruahine Forest Park
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