80% Single Track
20% 4WD Track
2% Push
A truly deserving Great Ride that is unfortunately closed to bikes for most of the summer. The views are epic, the track superb and the accommodation plentiful.
We split this ride into two days by staying at Mistletoe Bay. This made the first day over 60km long and pretty tiring. We used Cougarline water taxis to get us to the start and transport our bags. This was a great decision as cycling with all our stuff would not have been fun.
The ride is generally pretty easy apart from the first hill and the hill up from Torea Road near Portage. All the other hills are less steep or less sustained. To add to that the only slightly difficult descent is down to Resolution Bay and that’s not very long. At the end we decided to ride back along the road as we didn’t want to wait for the afternoon taxi, or pay for one just for us. As a bonus the road was actually quite good, and didn’t feel like it was too long.
