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1 Aug 2023

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Can you trek in New Zealand in the low season?

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Rudolf Abraham
Answered by: Rudolf Abraham

Low season hiking is possible in some low-lying areas, but on higher routes there will be significant amounts of snow, making some trails impassable, with the risk of avalanches. Hut bookings are not required in the low season.


Rudolf Abraham

Rudolf Abraham

Rudolf Abraham is an award-winning travel journalist, photographer and guidebook author. He writes on trekking and hiking for National Geographic, the BBC, Cicerone, DK Eyewitness, Bradt Guides, among many others.

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