Akatarawa Adventures

**WuZards-Eugene** · 20th February 2010, 07:29

Hey Guys

A few of us are going for a bit of a play over the weekend in the Akatarawas, staying over night. If anyone would like to come join us, feel free to meet us at Orange Hut at around 1230 today, or anywhere else we may be in the forest. Will be in there with two AG's and an XR with spotlights. Should be heading in from Karapoti at about 1100.

Eugene

**andy mac** · 21st February 2010, 18:34

Hi, we (3 bikes) saw you 3 at the Hydro Rd/pine forest intersection about 6pm. Did you manage to find/extract your bike again before dark? - he went solo off track & bogged it.

**marks** · 22nd February 2010, 07:33

Originally Posted by andy mac

Hi, we (3 bikes) saw you 3 at the Hydro Rd/pine forest intersection about 6pm. Did you manage to find/extract your bike again before dark? - he went solo off track & bogged it.

maybe they never made it back out alive? (cue dueling banjo music)

**WuZards-Eugene** · 22nd February 2010, 08:38

Yep that was me. Managed to finally get it back onto a track at around 9pm, and cause the AG's didn't have headlights, both of them were following me with the spotlights (baja kit). Took forever to get back to orange hut. Attached below is a little map of where I went through (making my own track). The yellow line is roughly where struggled through with the XR, and the blue lines are proper tracks.

**andy mac** · 22nd February 2010, 12:17

Now that's why its called ADVENTURE riding. All's well as long as your mates didn't drink all the beer.

Its easy to lose the track in the pines, because its so open you can ride in any direction & it all looks the same. A few weeks ago I got off track but fortunately the others came back to find me.

The google photo is interesting showing the cleared corridors for the electricity pylons.

**WuZards-Eugene** · 22nd February 2010, 13:04

Those clearings made it easier to pinpoint which gully I was in aswell. We split up so kit was walking up from the south and me and tony went back to where I entered the gully, walked down to the XR and found out that on the opposite side of the gully was a track, all we had to do was find a way that we could get back onto it easier, hence why our route took us all the way down the gully. Wish I had the camera with me, then it would show just how much of a mission it was.

Luckily there was plenty of drink when we returned to Orange Hut. Had the place all to ourselves, which I wasn't expecting seeing as it was such a good weekend.

**Eddieb** · 22nd February 2010, 13:36

I was in there on the weekend on the PD and was surprised how quiet it was also. Stopped at the Orange Hutt briefly and there was just us and 2 quad riders having lunch.

**Laxi** · 22nd February 2010, 16:15

mate! that photo dosn't do it justice, you is a crazy mo fo, even that freakn stag had truble getting in there

p.s we took a vote! next time we dont come looking for you

**buggsubique** · 24th February 2010, 20:15

Originally Posted by Laxi

mate! that photo dosn't do it justice, you is a crazy mo fo, even that freakn stag had truble getting in there

p.s we took a vote! next time we dont come looking for you

Stag??....

**Gone Burger** · 24th February 2010, 20:22

Hey - just a heads up... The Akatarawa Road is currently closed due to another slip. Been closed for 2 days but they will hopefully open it again by the time the weekend comes round. Closed at the Fern Valley Point. Pretty sure it's the same major slip that was just past the twin bridges (Waikanea side) a few months back. No problems if heading to the summet from Kapiti side, but not so flash from Upper Hutt. I live up near stagelands and will post on here as soon as the road re-opens. Hopefully tomorrow. Cheers.

**Laxi** · 24th February 2010, 20:32

Originally Posted by buggsubique

Stag??....

big thing with antlers, eugene had his bike so far in the bush, when i was reconing a way out I almost triped over it

**buggsubique** · 24th February 2010, 21:58

ha, yeah I know what a stag is, was just enquiring... good stuff. Was just up in Deadwood tonight for a hoon. Hadn't taken the bike up that way before. Primo hill climbs up that side - heaps of hold-on-like-fuck bits where the back wheel just bites on the rock and launches you like a rocket...

**WuZards-Eugene** · 25th February 2010, 09:57

Originally Posted by Katiepie

Hey - just a heads up... The Akatarawa Road is currently closed due to another slip. Been closed for 2 days but they will hopefully open it again by the time the weekend comes round. Closed at the Fern Valley Point. Pretty sure it's the same major slip that was just past the twin bridges (Waikanea side) a few months back. No problems if heading to the summet from Kapiti side, but not so flash from Upper Hutt. I live up near stagelands and will post on here as soon as the road re-opens. Hopefully tomorrow. Cheers.

Are there gaps where they have blocked it off?

**Gone Burger** · 26th February 2010, 18:59

Originally Posted by WuZards-Eugene

Are there gaps where they have blocked it off?

It was completely blocked off but the road has been cleared and re-opened today. All good from either side now. And no convoy of large trucks flowing around the corners.