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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Oct–Apr · highs 12–18 °C (54–64 °F)
- J18°11°62
- F18°11°64
- M16°9°72
- A13°7°75
- M10°4°96
- J7°2°102
- J6°1°124
- A7°2°131
- S9°3°68
- O12°5°81
- N14°7°73
- D16°9°70
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
- 30 km · 19 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 14 km NW of Akaroa (Christchurch City, Canterbury) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Oct–Apr
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Canterbury
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- Department of Conservation
- Route centre
- -43.7181, 172.7586
- Route start
- -43.7145, 172.8507
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 10609876
- Official info
- doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-go/ca
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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