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Skippers Canyon

Floor426 m1,398 ft
Depth
621 m
Rim
1,047 m
Length
0.2 km
Tonight
6°CPartly cloudy · Wind 15 km/h W

Skippers Canyon is up to 621 m deep: the rim reaches 1,047 m and the floor 426 m, along 0.2 km.

All facts
Floor
426 m
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Skippers Canyon 3D map

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Topographic map

Skippers Canyon terrain and contours

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Skippers Canyon elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Skippers Canyon weather

Today · Fair · 6 / 14°C (43 / 57°F) · Wind 15 km/h W

Skippers Canyon forecast for about 1,047 m.

  • Today6°14°–15 km/h W
  • Sun7°15°3.2 mm18 km/h NW
  • Mon0°14°60.7 mm30 km/h NW
  • Tue0°5°–16 km/h SW
  • Wed-1°7°21.0 mm18 km/h NW
  • Thu-5°4°2.7 mm11 km/h W
  • Fri3°5°2.1 mm13 km/h W
  • Sat6°11°5.4 mm13 km/h W
  • Sun2°12°73.5 mm17 km/h N
  • Mon-3°0°21.4 mm2 km/h E

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Skippers Canyon

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Skippers Canyon, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest hut

    Stoney Creek Hut

    4.5 km NW · +2 more within 5.4 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Skippers Campsite

    5.9 km NE · +1 more within 6.2 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 5
PlaceDistance
Stoney Creek HutHut4.5 km NW
Sainsburys HutsHut5.1 km NE
Hut5.4 km SSE
Skippers CampsiteCampsite5.9 km NE
Skippers Freedom CampgroundCampsite6.2 km NE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 12 × 12 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
7.7%
Moderate, 15–30°
54.4%
Steep, 30–45°
35.8%
Cliffs, 45° and over
2.1%
Steeper than 30°
37.9% of the 144 km² view
Relief in view
1,413 m low point 392 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 82.3%Trees 16.8%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6 km; 76 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Tomtit4
  • Matagouri4
  • Kirkianella4
  • Rifleman3
  • Scotch Broom3
  • Coprosma intertexta3
Where it sits

Where Skippers Canyon sits

Region
Otago Region19New Zealand112Oceania282
Nearby

Nearby places

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-03-21)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · Wikipedia