Pauanui Summit Walk

A short, very steep climb above Pauanui in Waikato. The hardest 500 metres average 31.5% and come almost at once, before your legs have settled. Expect 20 to 34 minutes. At 12.0 TEP it is harder than 84% of the climbs in the catalogue. It faces north and stays shaded: a good pick for a hot day. Mostly on gravel and farm tracks. The nearest named summit, Pauanui, is 566 m away.