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tonyg552014

4th, 5th of October 2014 and Spring had well sprung, but we still experienced a heavy snowfall going over Pureora. Working hard going up, kept us warm. Another story going down in the snow, sleet, hail and rain. My fellow Manukau Tramping Club members were incredibly tough and did not moan or complain. We warmed up at The Forge. Thanks Tania for a well organized trip. The hire bikes were very comfortable as well.

Obzerva

I found it a push, 17y son found it do'able. Both very stiff after second day! Weather was forgiving: cool, with a little cloud/drizzle at the summit on the first day. Sunny and coolish on the second. Hardest part was the 6km off-track to Black Fern Lodge, which was worth getting to: great spot with waterfall a leg-stretching walk nearby; great food and service; lovely accommodation (but they're selling up ...). Their $5pp offer to give us a lift half way back to the track avoiding the hardest bit was a real boost to the beginning of the second day. Would highly recommend Pa Harekeke to sort pre/post trail accommodation, shuttles, bag transfers, bikes etc. Very friendly, helpful and knowledgeable (avoid company that's nearer the trail - not responsive to queries and do not meet agreements). Bring your own day-backpacks, as panniers not provided. You may also want to check re. tyre repair kit needs. Overall, a tough but worthwhile trip - had the trail to ourselves apart from one other very keen (one-day trip) man and a friendly stray dog. Beautiful original forest. Each day can be done in 6 hours, including breaks, but you may want to allow yourself longer so that you can take time to enjoy the nature on offer (it will mean starting earlier on the first day). Second day is easier, but the 10km steady climb is a little demanding. It would be good if someone developed a more detailed guide so that cyclists can plan their stops around places of interest/beauty, rather than random rest stops. No shops, no cellphone reception (bliss!)

timetravel88

The Timber Trail is an 87 km mountain bike ride through the Pureora Forest in Central North Island. We stayed at Art Doc Gallery in Benneydale, hosted by Monica and Maurice. Day 1 Pureora to Piropiro: relatively steep climb to begin then undulating on well formed track (42km). Lots of photo stops. Need to be fit to really enjoy it but it is not a technical ride. Duration 5 - 6 hrs incl stops. Day 2 Piropiro to Ongarue: one hill to start then undulating on good track and forest road (45km). Fantastic new suspension bridges - up to 140m long and 45-50m high. Great fun. Duration 5 - 6 hrs with stops. Really good New Zealand native forest. Lots of history with the logging, tramlines and old machinery. Excellent track quality and well signed. We left the vehicle at Benneydale and the shuttles were all organised by Maurice.

mikewhangarei

I have just done the full trip over 2 days in winter conditions (15 july 2014). The track surface is good with tons of metal keeping (most of) the mud at bay even after heavy rain.Luckily for me I did not get down to Pureora from Hamilton until about 11am (had to watch the World Cup final first) and the Pa Harakeke folk advised I would not be able to get to Piro Piro by the shuttle pickup time of 3.30. The alternative was for them to shuttle me using a private forestry road almost to the top of the dreaded day one climb. It turned out this was a pretty good option as it was an easy run down to Piro Piro campsite from the top taking only 3 hours ( I was going pretty quickly on that lovely downhill ). So unless you really want to do that big climb and every one in your group is pretty fit and competent on a little bit technical terrain the shuttle up the hill on day 1 is a pretty good option.Day 2 is "grade 2" and much better suited to less confident riders.Dont even think about doing it south to north unless you are training for the coast to coast.Mike W from Whangarei

Anna23Rotorua

We chose a sunny winters day (8th July, 2014) to head south west from Rotorua to Ongarue, a 1.5hr trip. Arriving at about 9.15am, we picked up a shuttle (Timber Trail) to Piropiro, about a 40 min trip, finally departing on our bikes at around 10.15pm. We are a family of 4 (including 2 children, aged 12 & 14 years) and reasonably fit. The ride began with about a 5km ride undulating but gently climb to the first suspension bridge. Then a reasonable climb of about 3km before it levelled out to a gentle undulating slightly uphill climb for the next 21km. When we finally hit the 11km downhill section we thought we were in seventh heaven. The final 5kms consisted of a gentle undulating gradient to the finish in Ongarue. In all the ride took us 6 hours. This was largely due to my 12 years daughter wanting to have plenty of "rests" on the uphill bits. Considering it was the middle of winter the track was in amazing condition - it is slightly built up in the middle section so the water runs off down the sides. The scenery was amazing with waterfalls and bush vistas at every turn. We completed it at 4.10pm and were still fairly warm at that point. We all finished with a great sense of achievement and the pledge that we will surely do it again!

the timber trail, pureora forest

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