Name: Don't Forget Your Chopsticks Gordon
Rating: 4

Mountain Bike

23 miles

Distance

2,980 ft

Climb

-2,979 ft

Descent

1,664 ft

High Point

Loop from Tikitapu Blue Lake around Whaka Forest.
Most of the ride is grade 2 and 3 mtb single track with some good flow sections.
Small amount of cycling on gravel forest roads that are usually closed to general vehicle traffic.
There is a section of paved cycleway separated from the state highway.
There are two places for drinking water at Waipa carpark (after the paved cycleway section), and after the Sweet n Sour trail.
There is a basic cafe at Waipa carpark coffee and food etc.
A number of good sections for scenery of lakes, streams and different types of forest.

1 Review & Comments

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GeneralNumpty (May 16, 2020 at 13:06)

We started from the waipa car park so when we got to closed track between the blue and green lakes it was difficult to find an alternative route to get towards state highway 5. The lakefront Rd had tape on it, but as it was getting late we had to take it.

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Trails in Route

	Tangaroa-mihi
	Te Kōtukutuku
	Baja Grade 3 Extension
	Kid's Loop
	Creek
	Creek to Bakers Hollow
	Mad If You Don't
	Yellow Brick Road
	Yellow Brick Return
	Spring Roll
	Sweet N' Sour
	Bunny Jugs 1
	Te Pou-koropū
	Feeder
	Puarenga
	Creek Alternative Exit

Details

Riding area

Whakarewarewa Forest
Primary Activity

Mountain Bike
Other Activities
- E-Bike
Difficulty rating

Green
Route Type

Loop
eBike Allowed

Yes
Bike type

AM, XC, Fat, Adaptive MTB, CX, Gravel, Trials
Direction

One Direction
Physical rating

Moderate

More Stats for Don't Forget Your Chopsticks Gordon mountain bike route

Altitude min

1,061 ft
Altitude start

1,427 ft
Altitude end

1,430 ft
Grade max

-64.1%
Grade min

55%
Distance climb

9 miles
Distance down

10 miles
Distance flat

4 miles

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Trail Difficulties

Access Road/Trail
White
Green
Blue
Black
Double Black Diamond

Trail Report Status

Clear / Green
Minor Issue / Yellow
Significant Issue / Amber
Closed

Land Owner Overlay
Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
BLM (public)
USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
State land
Indigenous
Military

Trail Conditions

Unknown
Snow Groomed
Snow Packed
Snow Covered
Freeze/thaw Cycle
Icy
Prevalent Mud
Wet
Variable
Ideal
Dry
Very Dry

in: Trail Photos

trail	date	description
Creek	Oct 25, 2020 @ 10:44pm 1 days	So good right now, dry and fast reporter
Tangaroa-mihi	Oct 22, 2020 @ 3:55pm Oct 22, 2020	Trail Maintenance completed. Surface cleared, vegetation cut. LT reporter
Te Pou-koropū	Oct 22, 2020 @ 2:53pm Oct 22, 2020	Berm built and exit rebuilt at the end of the trail near the car park. 15, 16 & 19 Oct. -CK LT reporter
Te Kōtukutuku	Oct 18, 2020 @ 6:07pm Oct 18, 2020	Still closed
Mad If You Don't	Oct 9, 2020 @ 6:18pm Oct 9, 2020	Cleared debri from surface reporter

Don't Forget Your Chopsticks Gordon route

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