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Best time to hike

Year-round

  1. J17°15°85
  2. F17°15°75
  3. M16°14°92
  4. A15°13°96
  5. M14°12°120
  6. J12°10°132
  7. J11°9°140
  8. A11°9°126
  9. S12°10°106
  10. O13°11°130
  11. N14°12°106
  12. D16°14°101

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
156 km · 97 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Mountain range
Richmond Range (Northwest Ranges; GMBA)
Park or forest
Ship Cove Historic Reserve
Part of
Te Araroa - South Island / Te Waipounamu (national route)
Best months
Year-round
Country
New Zealand
Region
Marlborough
Continent
Oceania
Route type
Regional route
Ref
TA06
From / to
Ship Cove, Totāranui / Queen Charlotte Sound → Rocks Hut, Pelorus River
Route centre
-41.2508, 173.7403
Route start
-41.0946, 174.2345
OpenStreetMap
relation 19440380
Wikidata
Q4242105
Official info
teararoa.org.nz/the-trail/marlborough/
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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