Hiking route
Paparoa Track
50.1 km· ↗ 1915 m· gravel· National route
The trail is in West Coast. A 50.1 km point-to-point route: the finish is not where you started. It runs from “Blackball” to “Punakaiki”. Total ascent is about 1915 m. Elevations along the way range from 2 to 1137 m.
This description is assembled from OpenStreetMap data and our own terrain calculation.
Surface
- gravel — 27.8 km (54%)
- dirt — 2.2 km (4%)
- other — 0.1 km (0%)
- not recorded — 21.2 km (41%)
Surface data comes from OpenStreetMap tags on the route's ways.
Who is allowed
- Bicycle: allowed
Access data comes from OpenStreetMap tags on the route's ways. It does not replace signs on the ground.
Trail geometry and data come from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Check them on the ground: waymarking can go out of date.