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Waitaanga South Road to Te Rerepahupahu Falls Track
Next nearby hike: Mount Damper to Te Rerepahupahu Falls track 2.2 mi · 3.5 kmExplore Waitaanga Conservation Area →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Nov–May · highs 13–20 °C (55–68 °F)
- J20°12°137
- F20°12°133
- M18°10°126
- A16°8°143
- M13°6°192
- J11°4°210
- J10°3°215
- A11°4°204
- S12°5°218
- O14°7°212
- N16°8°175
- D18°11°198
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
Follow an historic logging tramline to Te Rerepahupahu Falls.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 8.6 km · 5.3 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)
- 4 hr 30 min
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/15f5e575a0c34e0f9cbdc2f3e8e
- Nearest town
- 36 km W of Taumarunui (Ruapehu District, Manawatu-Wanganui) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Waitaanga Conservation Area
- Connects to
- Mount Damper to Te Rerepahupahu Falls track (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Nov–May
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Manawatū-Whanganui
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -38.8789, 174.8432
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.
Nearest trails
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