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Te Araroa - South Island / Te Waipounamu
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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Year-round
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- F17°15°75
- M16°14°92
- A15°13°96
- M14°12°120
- J12°10°132
- J11°9°140
- A11°9°126
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- O13°11°130
- N14°12°106
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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
Te Araroa - South Island / Te Waipounamu is a national hiking route of about 1,597 km (993 mi) in Ship Cove Historic Reserve, Canterbury, New Zealand. It is in the Richmond Range. By long-term climate averages it can be hiked year-round.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 1,597 km · 993 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Richmond Range (Northwest Ranges; GMBA)
- Park or forest
- Ship Cove Historic Reserve
- Best months
- Year-round
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Canterbury
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- National route
- Ref
- Te Araroa
- From / to
- Ship Cove, Totāranui / Queen Charlotte Sound → Stirling Point, Bluff (South Pole - 5,000 km away - might be visible on a clear day)
- Route centre
- -43.8556, 171.0008
- Route start
- -41.0946, 174.2345
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 8518626
- Wikidata
- Q4242105
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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