Where is this??

[McJim]

looks to me like the "disappearing highway" stretch on the way to Milford Sound from Te Anau ...

great stretch of road to drive down ... looking foward to riding it when i get some time

beautiful huh

You can't ride a bike to Milford Sound without vehicle support any more - they took the fuel away. It's a 400km round trip Te Anau to Milford...your bike's range is about 300......

[Taz]

Here's my pic of the milford

[Hitcher]

It's a 240km round trip from Te Anau to Milford. 100km to the tunnel and 20 down to where the gas used to be.

[Taz]

You can't ride a bike to Milford Sound without vehicle support any more - they took the fuel away. It's a 400km round trip Te Anau to Milford...your bike's range is about 300......

Ok whatever....... I made it there and back on a tank. Vehicle support If you needed to do 400kms and your bike doesn't have the range strap on a gas can

[Subike]

I rode several times from TeAnau to Milford and back on one tank of Gass on the xsessive, can be done without hitting reserve. 27 liter long range tank gives it a 430k range on a full tank
Didnt bother to refill at Milford due to the fuel being so exspensive, bad enough tanking up at TeAnau.

[McJim]

If you can make it from Te Anau to Milford and back on one tank then you're just not giving it enough throttle

[oldrider]

I'm guessing near Maruia Springs OR the Milford Road ??

Ditto, my first picks too but it could be almost anywhere in NZ. John.

[cooneyr]

There is a bit of a glade on the Rahu Saddle between Springs and Reefton that looks somewhat like that (the lewis is more open). There is also a section down near Franz/Fox somewhere where the trees are tight against the road. Somewhere on the SI west coast

Cheers R

[R1madness]

looks a lot like the section from Maruia Springs to Springs junction. Must go for another ride up there soon to check it out.

[Dino]

- they took the fuel away.......

Well thats just down right crappy of them

[Jackal]

First attempt at adding to a "thread"! I would say it is either the road from Makaroa to Gates of Haast near the blue pools rest area or as suggested small stretch of road just out of the Franz Joes township.( or was it Fox? )

[buellbabe]

There are many species of Beech. Those pictured (are RED Beech) , found to the north of Makarora but before Haast Pass.(near the Blue Pools.) The Milford road has SILVER beech.

YUP!!!! You know the exact stretch of road I am referring to don't ya????

Most of the road between Makarora and the Pass is open but there IS a closed in glade... and I reckon thats it (BTW I may be currently residing in Auckland but I have ridden the South island many many times...).

I didn't recognise the tree species, I just thought the road looked familiar and I was curious ... what a beautiful country we live in

[FJRider]

That is my a once a month sunday ride to Pleasant Flat picnic area (about 5 km's north of the Gates of The Haast).I need to refuel at Makarora on the way back though. I go all the way to Haast itself, if time allows.

[Big Dave]

It's Milford.

[scumdog]

Tons of places like that down here - Makarora, Milford road, Springs Junction/Maruia Springs area etc etc...even the Beaumont-Clydevale road past the Blueys down nearer to Chez Scumdog...

Dead boring it is.