Mount Dottrel
- 5,545 ft
- summit
- Department of Conservation
- managed by
Mount Dottrel is a mountain in Otago, New Zealand, with its summit at about 5,540 ft (1,690 m) above sea level. It stands inside Pisa Conservation Area. No mapped trail reaches the top in OpenStreetMap, so plan the approach with local maps or a guide. The nearest town is Pisa Moorings, about 6.4 miles northwest of the summit. Peaks within about 3 miles include Mitre Rocks. In a typical February, the warmest month, highs reach about 52°F (11°C) and lows about 36°F (2°C); in July, the coldest, highs are about 27°F (-3°C) and lows about 18°F (-8°C). Precipitation falls on about 11 days in October, the wettest month, and about 7 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
- 5,545 ft
- Land manager
- Department of Conservation
We don't know of a mapped trail or route to the summit of Mount Dottrel. Plan the approach with local maps, a guidebook or a local guide, and check conditions before you go.
Questions about Mount Dottrel
How tall is Mount Dottrel?
5,545 ft (1,690 m).
Is there a trail to the top of Mount Dottrel?
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 · ~8 min drivePhoto: Olivier Lemoine (https://Photo-Terroir.fr), CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Mount CardronaSummit · ~19 min drivePhoto: André Richard Chalmers, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Mitre RocksSummit · ~2 min drive
- Mount MichaelSummit · ~9 min drive
- Queensberry HillSummit · ~10 min drive
- Mount ColinSummit · ~10 min drive
- Sugar LoafSummit · ~11 min drive
- Mount GilraySummit · ~12 min drive
- Quartz KnollSummit · ~12 min drive
- Double RockSummit · ~13 min drive
Also worth it near here
- Deep Creek HutHut camping · ~3 min drive
- Pisa Range Ridge TrackMountain biking · ~4 min drive
- Hanging ValleyCross-country skiing · ~5 min drive
Bannockburn Loop TrackHiking · ~18 min drivePhoto: AnnWoolliams, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Kawarau Bridge Freedom Camping AreaCamping · ~21 min drivePhoto: Graeme Churchard, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Best time to visit Mount Dottrel
No month here meets our mild-weather rule. 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
52° / 36°
8 wet
Feb
52° / 36°
7 wet
Mar
48° / 33°
9 wet
Apr
43° / 29°
9 wet
May
36° / 25°
9 wet
Jun
30° / 20°
9 wet
Jul
27° / 18°
9 wet
Aug
30° / 19°
8 wet
Sep
35° / 21°
9 wet
Oct
40° / 25°
11 wet
Nov
44° / 29°
9 wet
Dec
48° / 33°
10 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 5,384 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
