16 miles
Distance
5,296 ft
Climb
-5,617 ft
Descent
01:16:05
Avg time

Details

  • Riding area
    Great Lake Trail
    Taupo
  • Difficulty rating
    Blue
  • Trail type
    Singletrack
  • Bike type
    AM, XC
  • Trail Usage
    Multi-use
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Climb Difficulty
    Blue
  • Physical rating
    Moderate
  • TTFs on trail
    Bridge
  • Ride in rain
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #3041

This is a section of the Great Lake Cycle Trail.

From the carpark, weave through forest on a fun, flowing track towards the lake. There are a few fantastic lookouts on the way. After 14 km you will pass a toilet and some signs. There are no large hills in this section of the trail, but quite a few small ones. When you are 30 km from the car park, the trail descends steeply via a series of bridges and boardwalks, past Kotukutuku Waterfall to a beautiful beach on the shores of Lake Taupo. This is the end of the trail. There is a shelter and toilets here.

From Kotukutuku, it is either a long ride back to the road, or hopefully you have booked the boat to take you to Kawakawa Bay where the trail resumes.

Access Info

The start of the trail is 54 km from Taupo, on the south side of the Waihaha River Bridge on Western Bays Road (Highway 32).

Local Trail Association
More Stats for Waihaha and Waihora Link mountain bike trail
  • Altitude change
    -321 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,181 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,768 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,542 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,221 ft
  • Grade
    -0.374%
  • Grade max
    -80.271%
  • Grade min
    79.179%
  • Distance climb
    8 miles
  • Distance down
    7 miles
  • Distance flat
    1 miles
  • Avg time
    01:16:05
  • Avg reverse time
    03:52:35
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on Oct 24, 2016
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Avg: 5 (1 votes)

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Oct 24, 2016 @ 12:17am
Oct 24, 2016
 The final rid down to the beach is very wet in places.
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