29 August 2021 | Brook Sabin | Stuff When stuck at home, there is one thing many of us long for: wilderness. New Zealand’s Great Walks, like the Tongariro Crossing and Abel Tasman, are world-renowned. But, there are dozens of lesser-known walks that are...
14th June 2021 | Jane Reddy | Stuff “People tend to think of mountain biking as being about quick squirts of energy and adrenaline, but this 85-kilometre crossing of the mountains behind Buller Gorge is the longest stretch of singletrack in the country and...
9th September 2020 | Matt Kirke | 57 Hours “This once deserted miners’ road came back to life as an epic 85-km feat that will take you through forgotten landscapes following a thrilling singletrack.” Read Article
27 July 2017 | Matt Flaherty | Ultra Running Magazine Thirty thousand feet above the Pacific Ocean, flying eastbound, I reach into my bag for a book and a snack, and I feel something foreign. It takes me a second to place the hard, fist-sized object: a chunk of...
22 May 2017 | Clive Lind | Stuff The town of Lyell once looked like a set for a western, with two-storey timber buildings lining both sides of a dirt street. Today, it’s a large green space bordered by State Highway 6 between Westport and Murchison and surrounded...
5 April 2017 | Wanganui Chronicle The 85km Old Ghost Road, New Zealand’s newest long-distance track, is proving popular with Whanganui trampers since it was walked by a Wanganui Tramping Club party led by Graham Sutcliffe in late 2015… Read...
27 October 2016 | Luxury Adventures At 85kms long the Old Ghost Road is New Zealand’s newest adventure mountain bike ride or walk located on the West Coast of the South Island. Read on to find out whether this old gold mining route that cost over $6 million to...
29 September 2016 | JustMTB After many weeks of guiding last summer, could we really have found the best of the mountain bike trails in New Zealand?… Read Article
04 September 2016 | Adventurers Travel Company The Old Ghost Road opened in Dec 2015 and is one of NZ’s longest single track rides @85Km. It’s a full on multi-day ride of technical grade 4 riding, big climbs and long downhills, impressive mountain ridge riding and...
17 August 2016 | Tasha Leov | Stuff The Old Ghost Road bike trail has earned a place in Lonely Planet’s guide to the world’s “epic” bike rides… Read Article
28 June 2016 | Hage Photo Earlier this year we partnered with Yeti Cycles for a trip-based photo shoot on the latest addition to New Zealand’s Cycle Trail collection. The Old Ghost Road carves an 85-km route across the rugged mountains of the South Island’s West...
18 May 2016 | Stealth After making countless bags for riders going to ride the Old Ghost Road I thought I better go see what it was all about. After a few quick messages, master of the bike, Diggle said he was keen and able to take the time off to come with me. Read...