Mauao - Round, Up and DownBeginner
Submitted by Rob Bathgate
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Description
There are many different routes you can take on Mauao / Mount Maunganui; this one is a good route to get a lap of the base track and a summit in, going up the most popular route.
For a longer challenge on Mount Maunganui, check out The Weetbix Challenge.
Starting at the Pilot Bay boat ramp, head around the base track in a clockwise direction.
Go all the way around and after approx. 2.8km, just before the base track heads down towards the surf club and Main Beach, turn right up a set of wooden steps. These soon turn into a short set of stone steps.
After the stone steps, keep going up (Oruahine track), until you reach another set of steps and a track junction. Take the left track here, up the Waikorire track (also know as "the stairs"). This track is 50:50 track and steps.
Approx 3.9km into the run, you come to another junction; take the right track, signposted to the summit, and follow this track to the top.
From the top, go straight over, following the wide 4WD track, past a stunning lookout point, and then start descending.
Following this 4WD track all the way down. Very near the bottom, take a right off the 4WD track down a short set of steps to get back onto the base track and then back to Pilot Bay boat ramp.
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Features of interest
Stunning views across the harbour and down along the beach from the summit.
Make Up of Run
Easy Single Track: 75%
Farm Road / 4WD Track: 25%
Route Data
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Overlapping Runs
The following trails overlap with this run to some degree. You may wish to combine them but please note that to qualify for FKTs on these runs you should record a separate Strava activity for each
The Weetbix Challenge
Length: 21.20km
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Access
Pilot Bay boat ramp, at the North West end of Pilot Bay / The Mall.
Plenty of free parking along Pilot Bay / The Mall although can get busy in the height of summer.
11 km
18 minutes
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Staying Safe
Easy.
Perfect throughout.
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There is a water fountain on Pilot Quay, a hundred metres into the route. There is also a water fountain at the Surf Club on Main Beach, although this is slightly off route.
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