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brento2002
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 Posted: Thu 23/Aug/07 10:56am Post subject: Questions About Fishers Track - National Park |
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Has anyone out there got a map of where the Fishers Track at National Park goes from/to - or point me in the right direction to one on the web.
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skint
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| Posted: Thu 23/Aug/07 11:11am Post subject: |
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Don't have a map sorry, but think it's about a 20 km there and back ride.
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BrentD
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| Posted: Thu 23/Aug/07 1:34pm Post subject: |
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It starts just down the road from the pub in National Park township, just across the railway lines and turn right (north) and you're on it. It's about 20km one way and is not a loop (ends near Owhango) so you need to either ride back up it (uphill  ) or come back via the road (SH4).
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brento2002
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| Posted: Thu 23/Aug/07 1:44pm Post subject: |
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great - thanks for that - any idea how long the ride would take with average fitness
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BrentD
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| Posted: Thu 23/Aug/07 2:16pm Post subject: |
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I haven't done it personally, however, since the track itself is pretty much a gentle downhill all the way, I'd guess about 1-1.5 hours. Probably allow about the same time again to ride back on the road or you can get picked up by the Howards Lodge people if you organize it before hand.
It's well written up (including map) in the Kennet's book if you have a copy handy.
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brento2002
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| Posted: Thu 23/Aug/07 2:44pm Post subject: |
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thanks - I didn't know it was in the classic rides book - will check that first next time ;-)
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miles
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You will need to have someone to pick you up at the end I think. You can ride the track, it is a amazing ride, then ride it back (20k's at least of pure uphill) or ride about 10 k's on a gravel rd and meet up with the highway
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