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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Aug–Jun · highs 10–19 °C (50–66 °F)
- J19°12°90
- F19°12°87
- M17°11°108
- A15°9°105
- M12°7°134
- J10°5°161
- J10°4°158
- A10°5°147
- S12°6°129
- O13°7°149
- N15°9°121
- D17°11°125
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
- 6.5 km · 4.0 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Remutaka Range (North Island Mountain Spine; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 8.8 km NW of Featherston (South Wairarapa District, Wellington Region) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Tararua Forest Park
- Connects to
- Dobson Loop Track (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Aug–Jun
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Wellington
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- TARCrk
- Operator (OSM)
- Department of Conservation
- From / to
- Marchant Road car parl → Smith Creek
- Route centre
- -41.0645, 175.2526
- Route start
- -41.0697, 175.2279
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 19162781
- Official info
- doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-go/we
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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