BodybagBeginner - Intermediate
Submitted by Tony Sharpe
Urban fringe
Out and Back
Very hilly
Plantation/exotic forestOpen farmlandsOpen tussock/grasslandsOpen ridges/tops
Beginner - Intermediate
1:00 (Slow)
0:50 (Moderate)
0:40 (Fast)
-9.6%
+9.6%
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Description
From the carpark follow the well defined 4WD trail alongside the Adventure Park fence. Spare a moment and take in the impact of the 2017 Port Hills fires - this was a catastrophic time for this area and completely changed countryside both here, and in the Adventure Park over the fence.
About half way up the main 4WD 'road' dog-legs into the bike park. Leave this road and carry on straight up hill on the obvious trails and soon you will get a view of the short and very sharp last ascent up to the top of the ridge- this last section is known colloquially as The Bodybag, for obvious reasons that your lungs will remind you of as you gasp up the final stretch.
There is a short extension to this run for a final bit of vert up the Flying Nun trail around to a locked gate, which is as close as you can get to the top of Marleys Hill proper without entering private land or the Adventure Park. Either complete the run by tracing your steps with a fast downhill, or link onto one of the many Crater Rim options in either direction. Up to you - these are all on the Directory elsewhere!
Trail Community
Features of interest
Head up Worsley Spur alongside the Christchurch Adventure Park. Going up The Bodybag is a classic initiation right for runners and bikers alike in the Port Hills
Make Up of Run
Moderate Single Track: 10%
Easy Single Track: 20%
Farm Road / 4WD Track: 60%
Gravel Road: 10%
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 Gorsetrack Strikes Back
Length: 14.00km
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Access
Top of Worsleys Road, where the tarmac ends
Park up at road end, minding out for access to private residences and gates to paddocks
10 km
20 minutes
Yes
No
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Staying Safe
Easy.
Its all pretty straightforward.
Perfect throughout.
Seam-sealed waterproof jacket, Windproof jacket, Beanie/thermal headwear, First aid kit, Cellphone, Map.
BYO, there are no water sources and it can get blazingly hot during a summer norwester
Can get muddy in parts after rain
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Post run indulgence
Silverbacks Cafe
Cracroft
https://www.facebook.com/SilverbacksCafe
Great coffee, food and a cold drink option at the foot of the hillChristchurch Adventure Park cafe
Foot of the hill off Worsleys Rd
https://www.christchurchadventurepark.com/
Great spot in the bush for a Cassells Beer or two -
Sponsor this trail
See other runs nearby:
Godley Head loop
Lyttelton to Diamond Harbour
Halswell and Kennedys
Summit Walkway
The Bowenvale Elevator
The Gorsetrack Strikes Back
Rapaki Sugarloaf Return
Sign Of The Takahe - Rapaki
Port Hills Nearly Half Marathon
Horse Longitudes
Horse Latitudes
Sumner Half Heads
Whigs' Flying Fifty (WFF)
VKV challenge
Banks Peninsula Ultra Beer Run
Bottle Lake Blue Loop
Gebbies to Packhorse Romp
Hagley Figure of 8
Bowenvale / Huntsbury Loop
Avon City Loops
Avon - Source to Surf
Okuti to Hilltop Amble
Gondola Gallop
Orton Bradley Loop
The ATH (Around The Harbour)
Lava - H.ELL Loop
Travis Wetland Loop
Punk Rock Assault On Windsor Castle
The Guv'nor & His Birds
The Crater Rim
Lava Lite
Takahe Half
North New Brighton Spit
Mt Pleasant Trig
God's Con - Rehab Road
Gang of Four
Dog Sniffing Rhythms - Harbour Crusin'
Trinity - Harbour Bruisin'
Gates Of The East
Hunting Out A Gorge-ous Loop
Lyttelton Dress Circle
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The Coffee Run
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Holliss Stairway to Heaven
Diamond, Herbert & Fitzgerald
Barnett Bunker Buster
The Pipeline of Pain
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The Governator
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