If you’re bringing a mate out to ride or just checking it out, don’t forget to grab your day pass from two locations. Maraetai GAS Service Station, or Whitford Merchants and 7 Whitford Wharf Road. $10 and all funds go towards our tracks. More details here Thanks for your support.
Our annual Funduro is coming up. Make a note of this on your calendar. Sunday 8th December 2019 9.30am – 1.30pm Maraetai Forest Save this date for the PCBC Funduro. We have some great stages lined up this year plus beer, pizza and spot prizes. A fantastic day in the…
Don’t forget to re-new your membership. All funds are going towards the track rebuild and repairs. For more details go to here: Join The Club
There will be tree planters working in the forest this week. Please take care when riding or walking in the forest.
In the summer forestry will need to get back into the Maraetai block to log the last stand of pines on the western side of the block. It will take 4-6 weeks. We were hoping to have some form of access during that time just like we were hoping to…
WHITFORD IS CLOSED. If you ride there you will get caught by Forestry management camera’s and your details will be sent to the police. You put the whole club at risk by riding there. These people were in there on Sunday, by the harvesting site. Do you know them?
Massive thanks to New Zealand Community Trust for their super generous support of $20 000 towards our 2019 Maraetai rebuild project. Watch this space for updates.
Tunnel Vision – the top half is cleared so the whole track is good to ride. Part of the winter trail building plan is is to start this track from the container and give it a general tidy up. Sweet As – is all cleared, thanks to Mike and Jessie…
We are stoked to have one of our original sponsors, the NZ mountain bike clothing company Ground Effect back on board. If you’re in the market for some sweet new gear make sure you support the people that support us. They will be funding the rebuild of the track….Ground Effect!
This Sunday is the last day that you can use your 2018/2019 membership before it expires, If you have renewed your membership – good on you, if not – get onto it !!! To join the club go to: http://www.pcbc.co.nz/join-the-club/ Please note there will be 2-3 weeks lag time to receive your…
Bad News I’m afraid. We have just been told by management that Maraetai will close sometime in the next few weeks for a couple of months so they can log the remaining stand of pines west of the main forest road. We had hoped that the Whitford Block would re-open during that time but they have now decided to keep a logging crew there. We have tried to negotiate weekend access but to no avail. We will also need to postpone the Funduro so double bummer.
We will extend the 19/20 season until May to compensate for the weeks lost to riding-thus 20/21 passes won’t be needed until 1 June. Our good friends out at 440 Bike Park are helping us out as well and all PCBC members will have free use of the Up tracks while Maraetai is closed (just show your membership sticker)
So sorry, major bummer when its all come together so well, but out of our control-and we'll re- open again soon ASAP -and there’s no more pines to log...!!
Hmmmm, there maybe a catch if you get offered a free season’s pass by the jolly folk out at 440...
Where’s Wally? Be careful on the new trails - in a year or two there will be a protective layer of scrub that’s grown but at the moment it’s a long way down in places
