MTB

Remutaka Cycle Trail In a Day

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Date: 27 January 2019.
Trip type: MTB (EM).
Location: Wellington.
Author: Richard.
Trampers: Garth (leader), Emily, Mark, Richard.

Looking Home

The weather forecast was for a warm dry day, with North Westerly winds decreasing. Good enough to go! With an early 06:45am meet up at Wellington Station we left on the 07:05 train to Upper Hutt, the first train out on Sunday. It was a short train and the number of bikes was officially limited … Read more

Mountain Biking on the Kāpiti Coast

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Date: 9 September 2018.
Trip type: MTB Mountain Biking.
Location: Akatarawa Forest Park and Kāpiti Coast.
Author: Henry.
Trampers: Emily (leader), Debbie, Sue, Ryan and Henry.

INTRODUCTION This is a great place to go if you’re training for a bike-packing mission like the Old Ghost Road, getting into mountain biking but tired of the crowds at Makara Peak, or just out to explore some beautiful coastal forest. It has great variety of track, challenging ups, exciting downs, lovely forest, stunning views … Read more

A Summer Weekend at the WTMC Lodge

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Date: 26-28 January 2018.
Trip type: Tramp, MTB.
Location: WTMC Lodge, Tongariro National Park.
Author: Emily, Byron.
Trampers: Emily (Tramp Leader), Mark, Natasha, Tony, Jan, Byron, Bryce, Mark, Jamie, Michael (MTB Leader).

Journey prep at the station after work on Friday involved us fitting five bikes, eight people and eight packs into and onto the van. The jigsaw came together well with people generally strapped in seats and bikes generally strapped to the bike rack so we had a comfortable if slow journey up to the lodge … Read more