This cycle touring ride is on a private access road so permission of the owners is required and because of the altitude reached there is often snow and the road is then closed.
Contact: Black Forest Station
Contact Persons: Ben and Caroline Innes
Phone: 03 680 6795
As the road reaches a height of 900m the road can be subject to sudden changes of weather so you need to do it in the summer and take adequate warm clothing. The surface in places is steep and rough and it is a challenging bike route and really only suitable for mountain bikes with light loads. We found that for a fully loaded touring bike the ascent involved a good deal of pushing. This route is only 35kms long but will take most of the day.
The route is attractive because it is in a sparsely populated back country area of the South Island and the route takes you from Otematata into the Mackenzie Basin.
You can then continue north to Geraldine on the McKenzie Pass.
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| Lake Benmore |
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| Access Road |
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| Lake Benmore |
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| Road over the Saddle |
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| Black Forest Station |
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