Paparoa Track - Full Ride Through 

Wow that is a fast time through the track. I hope you had a great day up there like we did. I'm sure it would be a lot less fun without a warm sunny day. Thanks for watching and commenting and well done getting up there for a great adventure.

Kevin. So with a good level of fitness you can knock it out in less than the DOC posted timeframes? Looking at doing in a day to get through.

@@cameronhall7018 Yes, good level of fitness and confident on grade 3/4 tracks, you would be a fair bit slower if it was wet. I watched the weather patterns and picked a settled clear day and went for it, stayed at Blackball Hilton the night before and when I finished the track, good venison meal there. There is a section of road from Blackball to the start of the track, buy one of the locals a pint and they might run you up to the start in the morning, saves 30-40 mins. I did that and they left my car at the pub and keys were in the bar when I returned. Have a look at this and you might be able to work out likely times for yourself, www.strava.com/activities/3158217777 when I finished at Punakaikai I hitched a ride back towards Greymouth with one of the 1,000's of tourists milling around there, but that was just before lockdown so you would need to see if commercial transport is available. Send me a txt if you would like more info 0212650911

Will do, thanks for watching. More NZ videos shortly.

Thanks for the comment and watching. We do tend to miss a bit on the bike as we like to roll through steadily in a day carrying just the essentials. We will go back again and also do the pike memorial track when it opens.

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Thanks Joe, we love the Paparoa and heading back for our 4th time in a couple of weeks. Cheers for the watch and comment. G&S

@@getoutside519 I have one question for you. I’ve just started MTB after 30 years on the road and 6 months gravelling. I see a lot of references to the various level of difficulty on your trails. I am familiar with the international colour/shape MTB difficulty systems, but can’t find a reference to a number system. Except for hiking trails. Any ideas? Joe

@@joebeech7423 Sorry never seem a number system Joe. Just the color/shape system. We do most of our research on trailforks who definitely use the color & shape system.

@@getoutside519 cool. Thanks. Ride on!

Yep I tried to upload the ride to trailforks but the track was not loaded yet. I then tried creating it and it got rejected - due to some out and backs we rode to get to the huts. I will try modifying the GPX file and try again.

Done . www.trailforks.com/trails/te-ara-paparoa/

Its a loop trail or you need to park another car when you finish? I really want to plan a trip to there next summer. How many hours did you take to finish? Thanks

@@zenopf Theres about 62km between the two trail ends. I highly recommend using the shuttle service from punakaiki motor camp. The last part of the shuttle climbs a very bumpy gravel road so great to to use your own car. Shuttle was super easy and sets you up being independent rather than asking a family member or friend to shuttle you.