Mount Difficulty
- 4,216 ft
- summit
- Jan–Feb
- best months
Mount Difficulty is a mountain in Otago, New Zealand, with its summit at about 4,220 ft (1,285 m) above sea level. No mapped trail reaches the top in OpenStreetMap, so plan the approach with local maps or a guide. The nearest town is Bannockburn, about 4.9 miles northwest of the summit. Peaks within about 3 miles include Double Rock and Mount Gilray. For camping, Bannockburn Domain Camping and Cairnmuir Motor Camp are within about 6 miles. In a typical January, the warmest month, highs reach about 58°F (14°C) and lows about 42°F (5°C); in July, the coldest, highs are about 30°F (-1°C) and lows about 21°F (-6°C). Precipitation falls on about 12 days in October, the wettest month, and about 8 days in February, the driest. These typical figures for 1981–2010 come from the CHELSA 1 km climate model and CRU TS 4.09. The location and elevation come from OpenStreetMap and the Copernicus 90 m elevation model. Check local access rules and conditions before you go.
Conditions and forecast
Daily highs and lows, wind and the chance of precipitation at the summit for the next 7 days, from the Open-Meteo model.
- Summit elevation
- 4,216 ft
We don't know of a mapped trail or route to the summit of Mount Difficulty. Plan the approach with local maps, a guidebook or a local guide, and check conditions before you go.
Questions about Mount Difficulty
How tall is Mount Difficulty?
4,216 ft (1,285 m).
Is there a trail to the top of Mount Difficulty?
We don't know of a mapped trail or route to the summit. Plan the approach with local maps, a guidebook or a local guide.
Mount PisaSummit · ~22 min drivePhoto: Olivier Lemoine (https://Photo-Terroir.fr), CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Double RockSummit · ~5 min drive
- Mount GilraySummit · ~5 min drive
- Mount ColinSummit · ~5 min drive
- Mount MichaelSummit · ~6 min drive
- Mount MalcolmSummit · ~7 min drive
- Mount MasonSummit · ~7 min drive
- Mount RosaSummit · ~10 min drive
- Mount AllenSummit · ~10 min drive
- Rock PeakSummit · ~12 min drive
Also worth it near here
- Mt Dificuilty Ridge TrackMountain biking · ~1 min drive
Bannockburn Loop TrackHiking · ~7 min drivePhoto: AnnWoolliams, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Deep Creek HutHut camping · ~11 min drive
Kawarau Bridge Freedom Camping AreaCamping · ~16 min drivePhoto: Graeme Churchard, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- #Skyline (Upper Hanging Valley)Cross-country skiing · ~18 min drive
Best time to visit Mount Difficulty
Best months: January–February. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where there's no snowfall data), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
58° / 42°
10 wet
Feb
57° / 42°
8 wet
Mar
53° / 38°
9 wet
Apr
47° / 33°
9 wet
May
39° / 28°
11 wet
Jun
32° / 23°
9 wet
Jul
30° / 21°
9 wet
Aug
33° / 23°
9 wet
Sep
39° / 26°
10 wet
Oct
45° / 30°
12 wet
Nov
50° / 34°
10 wet
Dec
54° / 39°
11 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1981–2010. Modelled for the 1 km square this place sits in (average height 3,885 ft), not measured at a weather station. Snowfall days aren't in this data. Source: CHELSA 1 km climate model (1981–2010) and CRU TS 4.09 wet days. Data: CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al. 2017), WSL (CC0 1.0); CRU TS 4.09 (Harris et al. 2020), University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. (Open Government Licence v3.0).
Map and trail data © OpenStreetMap contributors
