Otawa TrigBeginner - Intermediate
Submitted by Rob Bathgate
Front country - easily accessible
Out and Back
Undulating, small hills only
Native bush
Beginner - Intermediate
2:00 (Slow)
1:20 (Moderate)
1:00 (Fast)
-11.4%
+11.0%
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Description
Starts with a climb up through farmland before you head into the bush where you start along the ridgeline steadily climbing your way to the Trig.
The track does continue past the Trig, getting a little more remote and unmarked, ending up at Otanewainuku.
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Features of interest
Some great views from the farmland before you head into the bush, but no open views along the way unfortunately.
Make Up of Run
Technical Single Track: 30%
Moderate Single Track: 50%
Easy Single Track: 10%
Farm Road / 4WD Track: 10%
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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

Otawa Lodge & Otawa Trig Loop
Length: 19.20km
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Access
Starts right by the carpark, with a hop over a fence and is signposted.
Small DoC Carpark on Te Puke Quarry Road, opposite Reid Road south.
8 km
13 minutes
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Staying Safe
Moderate.
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Straight out and back, although there are a few small route choices along the way which just loop back to each other after a few hundred metres.
Very patchy.
Whistle, First aid kit, Extra food for emergencies, Cellphone, Map.
None!
Good all year around.
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