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mtbrat
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 Posted: Tue 23/Nov/04 6:53pm Post subject: Wither Hills Blenheim |
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This is a cool wee ride that is good for a quick lunch break on the way to or from somewhere  like on the way home from the Queen Charlotte 
Cool little loop - the attached map is the 'main loop' with a few other side tracks - no effort in climbing and probably a bit boring for DHer's but it is fast and hard pack. It is a good quick diversion from driving 
Very easy to find - the track is off the main drag (the roundabout with the railroad going through it) - Maxwell Street, stay on the road which becomes Taylor Pass Rd, pass the first car park and then you come to a signpost saying MTB park -- that's us 
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Nic
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Location: Greymouth Massive
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| Posted: Tue 23/Nov/04 7:02pm Post subject: |
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Yeah its pretty fun took a new bike and we both had a good time as you can go down as fast as ya want 
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Clarky
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| Posted: Wed 24/Nov/04 8:22am Post subject: |
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Also very nice now it is joined to the Mt Vernon Loop Track, which climbs the range to the south of Blenheim (right behind Wither Hills) and brings you out on the east side of town.
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Frijole
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Location: Chur Chur
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| Posted: Wed 24/Nov/04 10:23am Post subject: |
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That loop is certainly a sweet - fun bit of single track.
Ive also tried riding the whole Mt vernon loop starting as Mr C. mentioned from the east side. It is a fairly decent climb straight up the ridge to a very good lookout point.
Thats as far as we got though, almost got blown off by the N'Wester.
Next time...
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Henry Dorset Case
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Location: Talos IV
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| Posted: Wed 24/Nov/04 11:27am Post subject: |
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they make a decent Sauvignon Blanc, too.
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Owen
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Joined: May 06, 2003
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Location: Welly town
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| Posted: Wed 24/Nov/04 11:31am Post subject: |
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nice area, pity its so darned hot and dry, might try and head over there these holidays, I havent been on the wither hills for ages!
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Frijole
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Location: Chur Chur
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| Posted: Wed 24/Nov/04 12:44pm Post subject: |
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| Henry Dorset Case wrote: | | they make a decent Sauvignon Blanc, too. |
Yep thiers is one of my fav's at the mo'
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Butch
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Location: Clearing out the SPCA
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| Posted: Mon 5/Feb/07 8:45pm Post subject: |
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My usual half an hour spare ride! FWIW the Marlborough mtb club has put a few new trails in here recently, some good fun stuff!
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daman5171
Joined: Feb 25, 2007
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Location: blenheim
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| Posted: Sun 16/Sep/07 4:03pm Post subject: |
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its one of the best i've ridden
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free_rider21
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Location: Nelson
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| Posted: Thu 20/Sep/07 10:04pm Post subject: |
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Can you buy a detailed map anywhere. Think I heard you could get one from the information centre.
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Butch
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| Posted: Fri 21/Sep/07 8:55am Post subject: |
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I think you can get a map of the whole farm park, but theres no specific map of the mtb trails. There is a map board up at the mtb park carpark, but even that isn't really complete, there's been new trails put in since it went up.
They're all pretty easy to find though, since it's all out in the open up the valley.
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crayfish
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| Posted: Mon 24/Sep/07 8:59pm Post subject: |
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can you get to it from the town side of the wither hills ie wither rd?
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Butch
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| Posted: Mon 24/Sep/07 9:11pm Post subject: |
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Yeah definately. The main entrance is on Taylor pass rd, but if you go into the Wither hills farm park anywhere along the bottom of the hill, theres a 4wd track (any a wee ghetto singletrack next to the road these days) that leads round the bottom of the hills to the MTB park.
There's entrances to the farm park at the end of Weld st, Howick road (through the little park there) and across the cattle stop about 100m before the end of Redwood st.
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crayfish
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| Posted: Mon 24/Sep/07 9:13pm Post subject: |
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cool when i go over for family parc ill take my bike & have a look. Many downhill/ tech singletracks?
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crayfish
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| Posted: Mon 24/Sep/07 9:16pm Post subject: |
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| crayfish wrote: | | cool when i go over for family parc ill take my bike & have a look. Many downhill/ tech singletracks? |
I dont mean the whole family haas a parc together but for family business - you know mafia stuff - just in case you were thinking we were weird or something...
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