Mounting Cnut Hill - Sat 9/5

[Woodman]

rider skills aside...would my tank get up cnut hill? I wanna try it...

of course it would. Not that i,ve ever seen it.

[junkmanjoe]

rider skills aside...would my tank get up cnut hill? I wanna try it...

you would get to the bottom of the hill, but i do want to come down it one day.
i might get the key for next weekend, and come in from the coast.
whos in for that...

[andy mac]

If next weekend (as I originally suggested) suits you guys better I will leave it till then

might just do Odlins Rd on Sunday

MARKS I'm keen for Odlins Rd, but can't do Sunday, how about Saturday arvo?

Not sure about Cnut Hill the following weekend yet. My old AA map shows 2 tracks (new AA maps no longer show vehicle tracks) going from Ruakoputuna & Haurangi Rds thru to the Pinnacles. Presume Cnut Hill is the southern track? Maybe best to try the northern track which continues on past sutherlands hut?
And theres also a track between Haurangi/Clay Rd to Range/White Rock Rd.

[Padmei]

Could some nice North Islanders please put a link up for Google Earth Odlins rd & Cnut hill?
thanks.

Oh & from the sounds of it it is very clayey? Many rocky tracks or is clay the usual base.

Off topic but heard part of a interview with a Kiwi going to Bonneville & he described the salt as being a cross between sand & ice - his bike was still wheel spinning at 200MPH!

[junkmanjoe]

cunt hill is like, the track that went down to the lake we went on, quite steep.
http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&so...09645&t=h&z=17

can see the hut at top of page and the start of the track is the one winds up the bottom of the page

this next pic is the section named cunt hill.
it runs along beside this slip, this is where two d.o.c workers where killed a while ago, and is now why doc only lets 4x4's in from the coast end.

http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&so...04823&t=h&z=18

[Padmei]

Ok people were killed on it & you want to take us up there???? Is this a setup or what?

How long does it take to get there from Welly? Good 1/2 day jaunt or full dayer?

[bart]

Ok people were killed on it & you want to take us up there???? Is this a setup or what?

How long does it take to get there from Welly? Good 1/2 day jaunt or full dayer?

Depends on perv time at Toppy's.

The hill's not too bad. Loose rocky surface makes it a challenge. I'd imagine the surface changes by the season.

[junkmanjoe]

its about 2.5hrs from welly to the hut.
1/2 hr up to base of cnut hill.
as bart says loose rocks deep rocky base, as the side of the hill is always falling down..on to the road.

im going to come in from the coast road, and go down the bad section..
ill get the key for the gate any other takers. daves coming through that way with me..

http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?ie=UTF...,0.038581&z=15

[Pampera]

you would get to the bottom of the hill, but i do want to come down it one day.
i might get the key for next weekend, and come in from the coast.
whos in for that...

I am a starter for this expedition.

Unfortunately Thunderbird 2 (Combo van) broke its clutch cable turning into Courtney Place on Wednesday night. White knuckle ride home and then into the city dealer Friday morning without a clutch! A week to get a new one so I hope I don't have to ride the Pampera all the way to and from Wellington for this ride. Was hoping to park up at Toppy's and unload there.

Will keep an eye on this thread to see how arrangements develop.
Michael

[junkmanjoe]

if its pissing down it be slippy and possably cancel.
i need to know numbers for coast entry as i have to pay for the key now.

[_STAIN_]

if its pissing down it be slippy and possably cancel.
i need to know numbers for coast entry as i have to pay for the key now.

I'm a starter Joe if you arrange favorable weather

[junkmanjoe]

ok thats 4 thats enough for me to get the key.
there charging $5 per vehicle for entry, to help pay for track maintenance.
the key is in featherston so can be picked up on the day.

[bart]

ok thats 4 thats enough for me to get the key.
there charging $5 per vehicle for entry, to help pay for track maintenance.
the key is in featherston so can be picked up on the day.

Call me a cheap bugger, but I'll see you on the other side of that gate. What time are you expecting to be there.

[junkmanjoe]

um sort details later on subject to rain and if key is available.
id say some where around 10ish

[Pampera]

if its pissing down it be slippy and possably cancel.
i

Excellent - no need to wear hair shirts and go when it is unpleasant, there is always a later weekend with better weather. Still, we have been having a good run over the last three weeks, after a dreadful 2 1/2 months, so here is hoping.
Michael