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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Oct–Apr · highs 12–19 °C (54–66 °F)
- J19°9°110
- F18°9°86
- M16°7°99
- A13°5°107
- M10°2°108
- J6°0°131
- J6°-1°112
- A7°0°116
- S10°2°127
- O12°4°151
- N15°6°123
- D17°8°140
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
- Difficulty
- Hard (7/10) (Advanced · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Mapped length
- 86 km · 54 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Saint Arnaud Range (Main Divide of The Southern Alps › Southern Alps; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 43 km E of Murchison (Tasman District) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Nelson Lakes National Park
- Connects to
- Lake Rotoiti (Kerr Bay) walks (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Oct–Apr
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Tasman
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- Department of Conservation
- Route centre
- -41.9173, 172.7710
- Route start
- -41.8100, 172.8499
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 17722735
- Wikidata
- Q7836127
How it’s scored
Hard (7/10). Official rating: Advanced · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0).
A score is omitted when we do not have an official rating or enough measured length and elevation gain to compute one. Nothing is guessed. Read the NPS method: https://www.nps.gov/shen/planyourvisit/how-to-determine-hiking-difficulty.htm
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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Loop Track
0.3 mi · 0.5 km · Nelson Lakes National Park
St Arnaud Range Track
1.0 mi · 1.6 km · Nelson Lakes National Park
Lake Rotoiti (West Bay) walks
1.1 mi · 1.8 km · Tasman
Whisky Falls
1.8 mi · 2.8 km · Nelson Lakes National Park
Lake Rotoiti Circuit
2.1 mi · 3.3 km · Nelson Lakes National Park