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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jan–Apr · highs 13–18 °C (55–64 °F)
- J18°10°199
- F18°10°147
- M16°9°163
- A13°6°185
- M10°4°203
- J7°2°225
- J6°1°181
- A8°2°186
- S10°3°212
- O12°5°246
- N15°7°204
- D17°9°223
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
A backcountry route that follows the Waikiti River.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 2.3 km · 1.4 mi (DOC route geometry)
- Source
- NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0)
- Difficulty
- Very hard (9/10) (Expert · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Typical time (DOC)
- 5–7 hr one way
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/1e188efd53dd48db9ebbca45350
- Mountain range
- Upper Grey Ahaura Mountains (Main Divide of The Southern Alps › Southern Alps; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 15 km E of Gloriavale Christian Church (Grey District, West Coast) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Conservation Area - Otira-Kopara Forest
- Best months
- Jan–Apr
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- West Coast
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -42.5781, 171.8869
How it’s scored
Very hard (9/10). Official rating: Expert · 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.
Nearest trails
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9 mi · 15 km · Conservation Area - Otira-Kopara Forest
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Harper Pass Route
11 mi · 18 km · Lake Sumner (Hoka Kura) Forest Park
Lake Christabel tracks
12 mi · 19 km · Victoria Forest Park
TA08a Boyle Village to Arthurs Pass
14 mi · 23 km · Canterbury
Crooked Route
16 mi · 25 km · Conservation Area - Otira-Kopara Forest
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