Aorangi Crossing Details

Activities
- Mountain Bike
- Hike
- Trail Running
Riding Area

Wairarapa
Difficulty Rating

Black Diamond rate
Trail Type

Wilderness Trail
Bike Type

XC
Direction

Both Directions
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Climb Difficulty

Double Black Diamond
Physical Rating

Hard
Dogs Allowed

Yes
TTFs on Trail

Rock Garden
Global Ranking

#159413 in Mountain Biking
Local Popularity
100 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 5 in Trail Running
- 5 in Hiking

Either make this into an epic cycle tour/bike packing loop from Martinborough, or organise a drop off and pick up. The track is almost all 4WD track through the forest park. There's some super steep hills to climb, and at the far end the Putangirua Pinnacles to admire. The Kennett Brothers refer to this as "a classic from way back".

From Haurangi Road to Sutherland Hut the trail is Intermediate and not too difficult, from there some of the steepest climbing you will ever witness on a bike

Access Info

From Martinborough head south west on Jellicoe St and turn left onto White Rock Rd after 2km's. Take the right onto Ruakokoputuna Rd and follow it through Ruakokoputuna for about 25-30km's to the small car parking area with the Sutherland Track and Haurangi Forest Park signs.

Local Trail Association

Wairarapa Mountain Bike Club
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Traditionally Indigenous Territory

More Stats for Aorangi Crossing mountain bike trail trail

Altitude change

-764 ft
Altitude min

111 ft
Altitude max

2,470 ft
Altitude start

875 ft
Altitude end

112 ft
Grade

-1.2%
Grade max

-61.8%
Grade min

79.9%
Distance climb

5 miles
Distance down

7 miles
Distance flat

3,110 ft
Avg time

05:03:55
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status	date	description
	Feb 3, 2020 @ 2:26am Feb 3, 2020	A character building route. I started from the North at Ruakokopatuna and travelled out to the Pinnacles. Good open country with views to be had...
	Jan 26, 2019 @ 4:42pm Jan 26, 2019	One word for this track would be “brutal”. Very steep up hills, with equally as steep descents, than back up you go for another! I went up...
	Feb 6, 2018 @ 1:10am Feb 6, 2018	Trail is clear but crosses a number of rivers that would be difficult to pass in wet or after wet conditions. Ridden in reverse direction starting...

Aorangi Crossing