Last Updated: 21st Sep 2023

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Wenderholm Wide

Orewa, Auckland

Submitted by Nick Allen

Last Updated: 21st Sep 2023

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Grunt Factor: 14 ?

Gnarl Factor: 39 ?

9.6km

390m

390m

139m

  

  

  

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Trail Map

Type of Run

Urban fringe

Loop

Undulating, some big hills

Native bush

Plantation/exotic forest

Coastal

Riverside

Open farmlands

Run Makeup

10%
10%
10%
60%
10%

Sealed Road

Farm Road / 4WD Track

Easy Single Track

Moderate Single Track

Technical Single Track

Average Uphill Gradient: +9.9%

Average Downhill Gradient: -8.9%

Trailhead

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Estimated Times to Run

1:45

Slow

1:00

Moderate

0:40

Fast

The tracks are pretty well marked, it's just a matter of looping them together through the farmland and closing gates behind you. Wednesday's in summer there's a group that leaves the carpark at 7pm for an hour or so across this trail or a variation that includes the river mouth.

The course starts from a lovely gravel carpark, and actually, there's a bus to Waiwera 981 that stops our front. You can connect with the bus at the Hibiscus Coast station (end stop of the Northern Express). So this is actually doable for those without a car, that can get to Britomart. The trip out to Waiwera from the city would be around an hour.

6 km

6 minutes

Unknown

No

Easy.

If all else fails head straight or downhill. From any point in the trail you'll hit the river, coast or a road and can walk out from there.

Generally good.

Whistle, First aid kit, Extra food for emergencies, Cellphone, Map, Headtorch and spare batteries.

There's drinking water down at the farmhouse and at the main Wenderholm toilets.

Muddy after rain on the hills and damp in the grass of the farmland over winter.

Typical roots across track.

Coast
Orewa
http://www.coastorewa.co.nz/
views of the beach from the upstairs balcony and a pretty good variety of food, vegan, keto and carb plus!

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Jacques Jansen van Rensburg

Jacques Jansen van Rensburg

has completed Wenderholm Wide once in the last year.

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Trail Reviews

Great mixture of terrain and elevation and good for loops if you want to set up an aid station for long accumulated km/time :)

Aeron Storey

June 12, 2021

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