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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jan–Apr · highs 12–17 °C (54–63 °F)
- J17°8°182
- F17°8°159
- M14°7°183
- A12°4°184
- M9°2°220
- J6°0°274
- J5°0°262
- A6°0°248
- S8°1°262
- O10°3°249
- N13°4°207
- D15°7°244
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
- 5.6 km · 3.5 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Waihohonu (mountain; GeoNames)
- Nearest town
- 27 km SW of Turangi (Waikato Region) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Tongariro National Park
- Connects to
- Tongariro Northern Circuit (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jan–Apr
- Live cam nearby
- Mt Ruapehu Live Stream from Ohakune, New Zealand (MtRuapehu, 10 mi · 16 km away)
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Waikato
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- Regional route
- From / to
- Desert Road near Rangipo Intake Road → Waihohonu Hut
- Route centre
- -39.2190, 175.7061
- Route start
- -39.2092, 175.6796
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 12825570
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.
Nearest trails
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3.5 mi · 5.6 km · Tongariro National Park
Round the Mountain - 01 Whakapapa Village to Waihohonu Hut
3.7 mi · 6.0 km · Tongariro National Park
Tongariro Northern Circuit
5.3 mi · 8.5 km · Tongariro National Park
Tama Lakes Track
5.3 mi · 8.5 km · Tongariro National Park
Soda Springs Walk
6.2 mi · 9.9 km · Tongariro National Park
Round The Mountain Track
6 mi · 10 km · Tongariro National Park