6 miles
Distance
1,273 ft
Climb
-755 ft
Descent
00:53:11
Avg time

Orakau Details

  • Riding area
    Great Lake Trail
    Taupo
  • Difficulty rating
    Blue rate
  • Trail type
    Singletrack
  • Bike type
    AM, XC
  • Trail Usage
    Multi-use
  • Direction
    Both Directions
    Popular in reverse
  • Climb Difficulty
    Blue
  • Physical rating
    Moderate
  • Global Ranking
    #1759

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.

This trail makes up part of the Great Lake Cycle Trail (along with the K2K and W2K trails).

Local Trail Association
More Stats for Orakau mountain bike trail
  • Altitude change
    518 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,181 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,699 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,181 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,699 ft
  • Grade
    1.691%
  • Grade max
    -36.263%
  • Grade min
    40.937%
  • Distance climb
    3 miles
  • Distance down
    2 miles
  • Distance flat
    1 miles
  • Avg time
    00:53:11
  • Avg reverse time
    00:45:16
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Status:
on Oct 20, 2018
Dry
Avg: 5 (2 votes)

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Layers winter
Trail Style
  • ?
Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
Directions to orakau trailhead (-38.665390, 175.869832)
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Orakau Trail Reports

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Oct 20, 2018 @ 8:17pm
9 hours
 Good fun ride , shady on sunny / sheltered on windy days
Jul 16, 2018 @ 5:26pm
Jul 16, 2018
 A little overgrown in places but still easy access. Trail damp with only a couple of muddy puddles. Some slippery patches of wet leaves but...
Feb 16, 2018 @ 12:36am
Feb 16, 2018
 Not as bad as I thought it would be after all the rain 2 - 3 days beforehand. Some slippery bits where the sun hasn’t managed to get through but...
Oct 7, 2017 @ 11:07pm
Oct 7, 2017
Sep 2, 2017 @ 6:36pm
Sep 2, 2017
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Technical Trail Features (TTF)

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Feb 16, 2018 @ 12:38am
Feb 16, 2018
Orakau, My City
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Feb 18, 2017 @ 12:34am
Feb 18, 2017
Orakau, Wellington
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Feb 18, 2017 @ 12:33am
Feb 18, 2017
Orakau, Wellington

1 Review & Comments

  • + 1
flag 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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