Riding is permitted in Whitford forest but restricted. Entry must be from the main Whitford-Maraetai Rd and you must not ride passed the intersection that goes to WCCT and Wild Turkey while logging is completed. Do not use Waikopua Rd entrance or head up that road towards the new subdivision…
We have had word from forestry that there will be ‘roadlining’ taking place over the next wee while. Roadlining is where they fell trees on either side of the road and this will take place from the start of WCCT along the road towards Wild Turkey. There will be logging…
The Whitford forest is currently closed weekdays due to logging. It will be open on weekends only. PLEASE STAY OUT mid week!
PCBC Teens MTB Academy is back and new riders are encouraged to join. The Academy was formed by club parents some time ago and is intended for young riders aged 11-19, who are passionate about mountain biking and would like to improve their fitness and riding skills with a goal…
Forestry is currently working out the back beyond Wild Turkey. Any roads south of Wild Turkey are OUT OF BOUNDS. There should be a gate in place and you are NOT to go past the gate. So if riding Wild Turkey please take Mad Cow back up NOT the road.…
Firstly I would like to thank you all for keeping out of Whitford Forest during spraying. Forest Management were impressed there were no issues. We have just been advised by Forest Management that they will have a second crew starting in Whitford Forest on Monday 7th May. The first crew…
The Bee’s are going! The hives were being moved today to another part of the forest and according to the bee man they will go into a form of hibernation as the temperature drops. So no more stings for those that were stung! Also there will be some spraying of…
WORKING BEE. This Sunday 15th April – 9am. We are going to sort those three switchback corners on the Track MAD COW that have been hit by last years storm. Important track as the road way out of Wild Turkey will be closed soon due to logging. Meet at the…
It’s out hot off the press. Catch up on the goss here
You will be used to having this at Christmas but this Easter feast on some Wild Turkey. Now rideable top to bottom- thanks to Greg for the rebuild.
Friday morning 9am at the gate-WORKING BEE to build a bridge. A helping hand or two would be great!
Mega effort by the team at the working bee today. THANK YOU. We managed to open up Horse track (a bit of debris clearing to do upper half) and an exit to Yippy, Native etc. So those tracks are now all go. Not sure what Bionic and Inside Out are like -haven't checked those out. Just need a bridge over the stream; we have thrown in the old bridge so its walkable but will need a rebuild for a rideable one. If anyone had some long 6 or 8 by 2’s to use as bearers then let us know. Also need some decking. Shrapnel and Grenade are also now good to ride. We have employed Jesse S over the school holidays to do some weed killing so that should clear the lines even more.
Now just have Upper Tunnel Vision and Ground Effect to go. Let us know if you are around Easter and want to give us a hand.
Massive thanks to those who have worked on the tracks these last couple of weeks. We are slowing getting our Maraetai back again! Hopefully by the end of the month we should have most tracks in some sort of rideable condition. We have a big winter track building season planned-depends on funders/forestry what that will look like.
But for now its a WORKING BEE this SUNDAY 9am at Rewa rd gate. We will be working on Horse track with the aim to get an exit for Yippy/Native etc sorted. If we get a good turn out we will have a crew starting top and bottom of Horse track and another from the end of the current Yippy exit (thanks to whoever has done some work there already)
