Parked and rode again. Parked off Centaurus on Hillsborough, and headed around and up Ramarama and Aotea, and on up Huntsbury. Gravel grovel, into an uneventful (but fast) Vernon and a good clean Witch, catching up to some guy on the road (on a mtnbike), across the road and riding on the singletrack up to the gate. Over the gate and the grass is very long, up the steep arse farm track to the bit of fence you climb over, then up through the tussocks to the top. Everything super overgrown and hard to find the trail. Kinda stayed on it most of the way. down the Mary Duncan steeps, cleaning lots, and taking the more technical version below the rocky knob. Kept the flow on all the way down, and cleaned stuff I'd not before. Finally the steep arse slope down to the pylon, new signage here talking about the Summit Road Society ownership and that it's public land and there are no trails but cautious transit is acceptable. Never seen it so overgrown tho. Into the trees, and there's new jumpworx in there, fun descent weaving down through these and then out to the road and the tarmac return to the car.
The view from half way down. (trail sightly off to the left of the bike and ridge)
Only a 13.7 km loop, with a nice 588 climbed.
The view from half way down. (trail sightly off to the left of the bike and ridge)
Only a 13.7 km loop, with a nice 588 climbed.
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