19 miles
Distance
2,871 ft
Climb
02:28:01
Avg time

Details

  • Riding Area
    Great Lake Trail
    Taupo
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Trail Type
    Wilderness Trail
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC
  • Trail Usage
    Multi-use
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Climb Difficulty
    Blue
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes
  • TTFs on Trail
    Bridge
  • Ride in Rain
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #4130 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    5 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in E-Biking
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking
  • Year Opened
    2014

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 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
    02:28:01
  • Avg reverse time
    03:52:35
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Status:
on Dec 28, 2018
Dry
Avg: 5 (1 votes)

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  • Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
  • BLM (public)
  • USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
  • State land
  • Indigenous
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Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
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  • Gate Gate
  • Camping Camping
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      Waihaha and... Trail Reports

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      Dec 28, 2018 @ 12:02pm
      Dec 28, 2018
      Dec 12, 2018 @ 11:18pm
      Dec 12, 2018
      		 Tree down at the 21/22km Mark. Easily passable but do need to dismount and push through the branches
      Jun 1, 2018 @ 9:21am
      Jun 1, 2018
      Jun 1, 2018 @ 9:18am
      Jun 1, 2018
      Apr 20, 2018 @ 8:51pm
      Apr 20, 2018
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      Nov 30, 2017 @ 4:13am
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      Waihaha and Waihora Link

      1 Review & Comments

      • + 0
      flag Kaitoke137 (Jun 1, 2018 at 9:23)
       This trail is 31km each way making a total of 62km and not the 3.4km stated.
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