Hiking route
Great Walks
551.4 km· ↗ 9856 m· Alpine· National route
The trail is in Manawatū-Whanganui. A 551 km point-to-point route: the finish is not where you started. Total ascent is about 9856 m. Elevations along the way range from 0 to 1871 m.
This description is assembled from OpenStreetMap data and our own terrain calculation.
Surface
- dirt — 91.1 km (16%)
- gravel — 39.3 km (7%)
- paved — 5 km (1%)
- unpaved — 5 km (1%)
- rock — 3.3 km (1%)
- sand — 3.3 km (1%)
- other — 1.7 km (0%)
- not recorded — 412.4 km (73%)
Surface data comes from OpenStreetMap tags on the route's ways.
Who is allowed
- MTB difficulty: S4
The OpenStreetMap mtb:scale, where 0 is an easy path and 6 is barely rideable. The route shows its HARDEST section.
Trail geometry and data come from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Check them on the ground: waymarking can go out of date.