2 day Cycle Trip Ruapehu District
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30 Apr 2022 |
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Join us for an overnight, two-day cycle tour in the Ruapehu District.
The plan is to do the Ohakune Old Coach Road ride on Saturday 30th and the Fishers Track on the Sunday 1st May.
We would base ourselves in Owhango and stay the Saturday night in the Owhango Hotel or overflow accommodation in the area. Bike shuttles will be arranged for both days.
- Accommodation – Owhango Hotel Saturday 30th
- Bike transfers to and from for both tracks with Kiwi Mountain Bikes who run out of the Owhango Hotel
- Dinner Saturday night and breakfast Sunday morning provided at the Hotel
Package price $205 per person for all of the above.
Ohakune Old Coach Road
This is a 15km cycle track that winds its way from Horopito down to Ohakune. This is a section of the New Zealand Cycle Trail called Mountain to Sea.
https://www.visitruapehu.com/see-and-do/ohakune-old-coach-road
The reason the track is there is due to an old cobblestone road being built before the railway went all the way from Wellington to Auckland. It was an engineering feat to connect the North and South and in the interim travellers either boarded a stage coach at Horopito and joined the train journey south at Ohakune or vice versa.
The track heads one way from Horopito down to Ohakune and generally takes 2-3 hours.
Fishers Track
Fishers Track is also a downhill track from National Park down to the Retaruke Valley. The track runs for 27km and is a Grade 2 track. The grade is Intermediate Grade 3 according to DOC.
https://www.visitruapehu.com/see-do/cycling-mountain-biking/fishers-track
Transport
We would car pool to and from Owhango and arrange these details closer to the time.
Please register interest for this event so we can secure accommodation as soon as possible.