The unofficial Great Walks of New Zealand

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...

Old Ghost Road: Up there with the ghosts

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...

Old Ghost Road attracts attention

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...

Riding The Old Ghost Road

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...

New Zealand’s longest single track

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...

Bikepacking New Zealand’s Old Ghost Road

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...

Bikepacking the Old Ghost Road

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...