6 miles
Distance
1,273 ft
Climb
-755 ft
Descent
00:55:27
Avg time
Orakau Details
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Activities
- Mountain Bike
- Hike
- Trail Running
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Riding AreaGreat Lake Trails
Taupo -
Difficulty Rating
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Trail TypeSingletrack
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Bike TypeAM, XC
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Trail UsageMulti-use
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DirectionBoth DirectionsPopular in reverse
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Climb DifficultyBlue
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Physical RatingModerate
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Dogs AllowedYes
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Global Ranking#1847 in Mountain Biking
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Local Popularity60 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 70 in Trail Running
- 5 in Hiking
From the Whangamata Road carpark, the trail follows the Orakau Stream and Harakeke (flax) wetland through regenerating native bush down to Kawakawa Bay on the edge of Lake Taupō. The trail is generally downhill and offers views across the lake to the volcanoes of Tongariro National Park. Remember, as with the other Great Lake Trails, this track is two way.
This trail makes up part of the Great Lake Cycle Trails (along with the K2K and W2K trails).
The Great Lake Trails are maintained by Bike Taupō with local support and National Cycleways funding. Please take a few minutes and take this survey to help us procure continuing funding support.
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Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Orakau mountain bike trail trail
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Altitude change518 ft
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Altitude min1,181 ft
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Altitude max1,699 ft
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Altitude start1,181 ft
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Altitude end1,699 ft
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Grade1.691%
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Grade max-36.263%
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Grade min40.937%
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Distance climb3 miles
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Distance down2 miles
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Distance flat1 mile
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Avg time00:55:27
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Avg reverse time00:49:04
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Trail Conditions
- Unknown
- Snow Groomed
- Snow Packed
- Snow Covered
- Freeze/thaw Cycle
- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Ideal
- Dry
- Very Dry
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- < 6 months
- > 6 months
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- Blue
- Black
- Double Black Diamond
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- 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
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Bear Cache
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Ranger Station
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Directions to orakau trailhead
(-38.665390, 175.869832)
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Orakau Trail Reports
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Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail
Past Week
- 2 rides
- 24 miles avg distance
6 Months
- 74 rides
- 19 miles avg distance
All
- 347 rides
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kanefleury
MBO (Jul 13, 2017 at 16:27)
What a great winter track! Quick dry and grippy pumice soil is the best! Rode from down the track from Whangamata Road to Kawa Kawa Bay through the awesome native bush. There were plenty of birds around to keep me company and there were some awesome views! A must do if you are hanging about in Taupo.
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samduf
(Sep 27, 2020 at 20:17)
Rode just after some serious rain. A few puddles here and there and also some windfall near the top, but otherwise a fine trail. Would not recommend as a climb. Do the O2K as the climb then ride down this one. Really good loop from Kinloch
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Tully01
(Oct 22, 2020 at 22:24)
Track in excellent condition . One tree across the track 50mtr below Morepork Gully. Easy enough to get bikes over but a bit big to cut or move with the tools we had
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