Last Updated: 22nd Apr 2024
Mount Ngongotaha
Submitted by Ben Alton
Last Updated: 22nd Apr 2024
Open
Grunt Factor: 12 ?
Gnarl Factor: 63 ?
6.0km
390m
390m
762m
Last Updated: 22nd Apr 2024
Submitted by Ben Alton
Last Updated: 22nd Apr 2024
Open
Grunt Factor: 12 ?
Gnarl Factor: 63 ?
6.0km
390m
390m
762m
Urban fringe
Out and Back
Very hilly
Native bush
Sealed Road
Easy Single Track
Moderate Single Track
Technical Single Track
Average Uphill Gradient: +14.3%
Average Downhill Gradient: -14.3%
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1:30
Slow
1:10
Moderate
0:50
Fast
Starting at the carpark you climb along the nature loop to the jubilee track which will take you to the summit road end. Once you reach the summer road, turn left and runs short distance on the road to the summit and the radio mast. There is not usually a view, due the trees at the top of the hill.
Return the same way.
This trail includes the peak Ngongotaha.
Drive along Paradise Valley Road from the end of Clayton Road/Pukehangi road intersection
7 km
9 minutes
No
No
Easy.
Perfect throughout.
Windproof jacket, Whistle, First aid kit, Extra food for emergencies, Cellphone
There is no water on this track
Can be slippery in the wet
Rooty and rocky
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Gnarly! Starts off relatively easy but when you turn onto the Jubilee track, it is rocky, rooty and steep. When I completed this trail, it was raining heavily and the track was more or less a stream. Tough going up, treacherous, going back down....! There is a nice nature loop as a more gentle alternative. Minimal views because of the dense foliage - one lookout part way up which has good view over the thermal parks....very steamy due to all the rain...
October 21, 2023
Nice climb up through the native forest, slippery in the wet - I certainly found it more of a hike than a run for majority of the trail. View from the top isn't great but a couple of viewpoints on the lower Nature Loop more than make up for this!
August 29, 2020
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