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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jan–May, Nov · highs 10–18 °C (50–64 °F)
- J18°9°162
- F18°10°150
- M16°8°152
- A13°6°160
- M10°4°193
- J8°2°236
- J7°1°231
- A8°1°218
- S10°3°249
- O11°4°238
- N14°6°199
- D16°8°243
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
- 3.6 km · 2.2 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Stream
- Tupapakurua (GeoNames)
- Nearest town
- 26 km N of Ohakune (Ruapehu District, Manawatu-Wanganui) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Jan–May, Nov
- Live cam nearby
- Mt Ruapehu Live Stream from Ohakune, New Zealand (MtRuapehu, 13 mi · 20 km away)
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Manawatū-Whanganui
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- Local route
- Route centre
- -39.1772, 175.3659
- Route start
- -39.1718, 175.3764
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 11338381
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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