Lake Sumner - RR

[ADVGD]

A few pics of Lake Sumner track. No doubt this has been tackled by most Canterbury riders, but for those that haven't yet done it, it is a really good ride and well worth doing

Full article and access info here Lake Sumner Track (http://www.adventureguide.co.nz/articles/12/33/lake-sumner-access.php)

http://www.adventureguide.co.nz/articles/12/33/images/sumner-fp-6.jpg

http://www.adventureguide.co.nz/articles/12/33/images/sumner-fp-35.jpg

http://www.adventureguide.co.nz/articles/12/33/images/gravel-2.jpg

http://www.adventureguide.co.nz/articles/12/33/images/sumner-fp-28.jpg

http://www.adventureguide.co.nz/articles/12/33/images/sumner-fp-22.jpg

Full article and access info here Lake Sumner Track (http://www.adventureguide.co.nz/articles/12/33/lake-sumner-access.php)

[cynna]

thanks for the info - i havent got round to doing that ride yet so will have to get onto it soon

[zeRax]

lake sumner is awesome times!


took kdx200 there last time, was gonna go with the guys again after metallica concert but work has decided i can have virtually zero time off :(


infact in my avatar pic is at lake sumner after far too much speed going jumping over big dips in the road, the road turned to crud after the first big dip ! oops, poor trees absorbed me well thou, but my wrist still hurts ;[

[Padmei]

looks pretty - well written info.

[Transalper]

I have very short youtube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L-jx88JAy8) of some of it up to the 'sometimes locked' gate at Loc Katrine.
That website is quite impressive with the depth of the reports, photos etc.
Going to be checking it out more when it's officially launched in February 2011

[cromagnon]

I have very short youtube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L-jx88JAy8) of some of it up to the 'sometimes locked' gate at Loc Katrine.
That website is quite impressive with the depth of the reports, photos etc.
Going to be checking it out more when it's officially launched in February 2011

+1 The website is looking good, it will be a useful resource when its up and running :yes:

[CrazyFrog]

ADVGD - you my friend, are a RR legend. Keep the great info coming.....:niceone:

[timmehpwr]

wow that website is cool :) heres a pic from a ride with zerax there a couple of months ago :D cant wait to get back there and explore!

http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab113/timburns23/IMG_4666.jpg

[junkmanjoe]

i was going ask for a Google map but i see you have one on your web site..

great photos great read... keep up the good work..

JMJ

[ADVGD]

Thanks for the kind words on the site guys ;)

I switch over to working on that site full-time at the end of this year so there will be RR's the length of NZ, and plenty of them :niceone:

[Crim]

If I win lottery before then and manage to sell the kids and put the wife out to work (scheeze I hope she never sees this!) I will come along and take notes / photos for you if you like

[pete376403]

Myself and a few other guys did this ride last summer. Despite having organised the gate lock the combination prior to the ride, we couldn't get the gate unlocked, so had to go round. Sandlfies at Sumner are a killer. Great road in, though.

[junkmanjoe]

if one ktm can make it in there i must be able too..:scooter:

[ADVGD]

If I win lottery before then and manage to sell the kids and put the wife out to work (scheeze I hope she never sees this!) I will come along and take notes / photos for you if you like

Sounds good mate, you'd be more than welcome, however if your wife gets wind of this you may find it hard to take notes with broken limbs :confused:


Myself and a few other guys did this ride last summer. Despite having organised the gate lock the combination prior to the ride, we couldn't get the gate unlocked, so had to go round. Sandlfies at Sumner are a killer. Great road in, though.

That gate padlock has been a temperamental thing for years now, it catches heaps of people out. As for the sandflies, hell yeah they can be fierce, insect replant is a must. Local stories tell of sandflies so big they pick up small children and fly away with them :blink:

[pete376403]

if one ktm can make it in there i must be able too..:scooter:

Oh shit yeah, it's a great ride . There are some quite big dips in the track but quite 'rounded" so it's a bit of a roller coaster ride. Was mostly dry when we were there apart from the one mud hole that I just had to find.

Also, as long as you're down there, go over to Westport, up to Denniston then the Denniston track back to iron bridge.

[junkmanjoe]

pete mate....at least your rear tire was out of the mud.........:shutup:

heading back south next year..

JMJ