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Waipapa Track to Waitawheta Hut
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Sep–Jun · highs 11–19 °C (52–66 °F)
- J19°12°122
- F19°13°131
- M18°11°143
- A15°9°171
- M13°7°163
- J11°5°198
- J10°4°210
- A10°4°192
- S12°6°160
- O13°7°150
- N15°9°136
- D17°11°159
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 more challenging route to popular Waitawheta Hut, starting from Waiorongomai or Te Aroha.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 7.5 km · 4.7 mi (DOC route geometry)
- Source
- NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0)
- Difficulty
- Hard (7/10) (Advanced · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Typical time (DOC)
- 3 hours
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/58a5a5c2ac924f4994867257b25
- Mountain range
- Kaimai Range (GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 6.9 km E of Te Aroha (Matamata-Piako District, Waikato Region) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Kaimai Mamaku Conservation Park
- Best months
- Sep–Jun
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Waikato
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -37.5345, 175.7879
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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Nearest trails
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1.3 mi · 2.1 km · Waikato
High-Level Pack Track
1.9 mi · 3.0 km · Waikato
Waitawheta Tramway
2.6 mi · 4.1 km · Kaimai Mamaku Conservation Park
Low-Level Loop
2.7 mi · 4.3 km · Waikato
Tui Mine Track (from Te Aroha Summit to town)
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Waitengaue Track
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