Deep Ruts and a Miners' Hut

With some tracks lined up for GPS logging and adding to Adventure Guide, three riding buddies and I shot over to the West Coast. A weather front was scheduled to push in later in the weekend but we couldn't have asked for better riding weather on the Saturday.

Before we jumped into the technical tracks, we kicked the day off and warmed up on a nice easy track

After a great warm-up ride we sank our teeth into the good stuff

Not all of it went to plan :)

Lots of deep sections to keep you on your toes

Steepy steepy. So steep the bike looped over and my screen took the brunt of the hit

More river crossings

Day two saw the front come in and bring rain rst thing in the morning. We decided to chase the
sun and head east

We stayed on the right side of the front, had some good weather, and a great ride around some steep tracks before stopping for some lunch at Hanmer

Normally most of the track research I do is with topo maps and the phone to verify with landowners, local Councils, DOC etc. On this trip however, I plucked one track from a 4X4 book I purchased a couple of years back. We organised the second half of Sunday to go and ride this track, instead we hit a locked gate. I was kicking myself for relying on the book and not thoroughly researching it. But, on the other hand, it highlights the benefit of Adventure Guide being a web format and being kept up-to-date. All in all it was a great trip, with new routes and AdventureTokens uploaded.

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