South Island back roads?

[BMWST?]

My brother is a keen 4wd er.He frequents the molesworth,clarence,rainbow, St James Maling etc regularly.A mate and he are going south to some road road near gore and the guy organising wants to do Dansey.
Do you guys have some roads that are must do on the way to gore and back?Thanks

[thepom]

By bike or 4wd?....I dont know any 4wd road's but a few bike ones...try the advguide website...

[Gremlin]

Depends on the route you want to do.

South of Danseys, take SH87 through Middlemarch (fun sealed winding road). Towards the end head west through Old Dunstan Rd (ex gold trail etc) which gets you through to Alexandra. Then take Nevis Rd (head west of Alex) then Nevis heads South-west and you come out on SH6 south of Lake Whakatipu.

[mattsdakar]

My brother is a keen 4wd er.He frequents the molesworth,clarence,rainbow, St James Maling etc regularly.A mate and he are going south to some road road near gore and the guy organising wants to do Dansey.
Do you guys have some roads that are must do on the way to gd back?Thanks

Tell him to look at the Dunstan trail..there is lots of options there but he could head towards Poolburn then lake Onslow then out towards Roxburgh and then down SH 8 to Raes Junction then thru to Gore. There is also the Piano flat Route after Roxburgh but its pretty Knarly and would need a heavily modified 4x4 to get thru (lots of bog holes)
Rgds Matt

[Jantar]

Depends on the route you want to do.

South of Danseys, take SH87 through Middlemarch (fun sealed winding road). Towards the end head west through Old Dunstan Rd (ex gold trail etc) which gets you through to Alexandra. Then take Nevis Rd (head west of Alex) then Nevis heads South-west and you come out on SH6 south of Lake Whakatipu.

Dont forget the track over the Cairnmuirs to get to the start of the Nevis.

[BMWST?]

its a 4wd trip.He has toyota landcruiser flatdeck the other guy has 4wd mitsi ute.Not into bush bashing or mud plggin though any half track/ road is fair game. the less sealed highwy the better

[Gremlin]

Dont forget the track over the Cairnmuirs to get to the start of the Nevis.

We got ourselves a local to show us the best bits

Pity you couldn't come the whole way, but still good riding with you.

BMWST, Nevis is probably the roughest of the bits I listed, nothing awful, but you definitely need some clearance.

[unstuck]

Done the nevis and dunstan in a kingswood station wagon, and a toyota corolla hatchback. If he wants the girly track, then he better come through the back of lake onslow and down to millers flat. Heaps of back roads, just got to know where to look. If they need rescuing, tell them to pm me, as I have done a few rescues of girly 4x4ers just lately.

[Muzz67]

[QUOTE=unstuck;1130685587]Done the nevis and dunstan in a kingswood station wagon, and a toyota corolla hatchback.

Did Nevis last year,, found an 80year old guy in a Nissan Civillian bus!

[FJRider]

The Shingle creek (near Roxburgh) to Piano Flat (near Waikaia) ... over the Old Man Range. Not a road (for want of a better name) you should do alone though.

[FJRider]

BMWST, Nevis is probably the roughest of the bits I listed, nothing awful, but you definitely need some clearance.

The Nevis is pretty good at the moment ... been no rain in the area for ages.

[unstuck]

[QUOTE=Muzz67;1130685591]

Done the nevis and dunstan in a kingswood station wagon, and a toyota corolla hatchback.

Did Nevis last year,, found an 80year old guy in a Nissan Civillian bus!

Probably my old man. Bust his water tank too, the silly old goat.

Shingle creek is definitely a 2+ vehicle track, even though it is public road, it is not maintained between postmans creek and the top of Waikaia bush road on the shingle creek side. Lots of 4x4 swallowing holes up there, and a nightmare to recover stuck trucks.

[clint640]

Instead of, or as well as, Dansey's, head over the Omarama Saddle track in the Oteake Conservation area. Look up the DOC brochure on 4wding in the Waitaki District, some other good stuff in there too.

Cheers
Clint

[BMWST?]

The Shingle creek (near Roxburgh) to Piano Flat (near Waikaia) ... over the Old Man Range. Not a road (for want of a better name) you should do alone though.

They will be prepared,me bro has a winch and always has a full complement of rescue gear,thnks for the tips,keep em coming

[FJRider]

They will be prepared,me bro has a winch and always has a full complement of rescue gear,thnks for the tips,keep em coming

Tell them to take warm clothing ... That road goes over the highest bit of ground from there to Antarctica.

Unstuck was NOT kidding about the bog holes swallowing trucks ... you need thigh high waders to walk through the puddles.