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Trig Lookout Track / Mount Chisolm Track
Next nearby hike: Leatham Molesworth Route 10 mi · 17 kmExplore Rachel Range →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Nov–Apr · highs 11–17 °C (52–63 °F)
- J17°8°80
- F16°8°77
- M14°6°87
- A11°3°83
- M7°0°95
- J3°-3°112
- J1°-4°109
- A3°-3°103
- S6°-1°92
- O9°1°121
- N12°4°98
- D14°6°95
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
These tracks offer spectacular views of the surrounding valleys.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 2.8 km · 1.7 mi (DOC route geometry)
- Source
- NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0)
- Difficulty
- Moderate (5/10) (Intermediate · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Typical time (DOC)
- Trig Lookout - 50 min / Mount Chisolm - 2hr 40 min
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/6e5ce690b2d84a34b7295a4dc0e
- Mountain range
- Rachel Range (Main Divide of The Southern Alps › Southern Alps; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 54 km NW of Kaikoura (Kaikoura District, Canterbury) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Molesworth Recreation Reserve
- Best months
- Nov–Apr
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Marlborough
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -42.0918, 173.1973
How it’s scored
Moderate (5/10). Official rating: Intermediate · 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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