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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Oct–Apr · highs 11–20 °C (52–68 °F)
- J20°11°85
- F19°11°58
- M17°9°75
- A13°6°63
- M9°3°82
- J4°0°80
- J3°-1°59
- A4°0°70
- S8°2°71
- O11°4°84
- N15°7°65
- D18°10°85
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
- 4.4 km · 2.7 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Richardson Mountains (Main Divide of The Southern Alps › Southern Alps; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 1.3 km SW of Queenstown (Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Oct–Apr
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Otago
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- Regional route
- Ref
- TA10
- From / to
- Birchwood Road, South Canterbury → Mavora Lakes Road, Southland
- Route centre
- -44.8161, 168.7895
- Route start
- -45.0367, 168.6494
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 11781131
- Wikidata
- Q4242105
- Official info
- teararoa.org.nz/the-trail/otago/
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.