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The Top 5 Must-Ride New Zealand Mountain Biking Trails
57 Hours – Matt Kirke – 9th September 2020
“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.“

New Zealand’s Old Ghost Ultra: A Destination Race Par Excellence

The Best Mountain Bike Trail In New Zealand?

Old Ghost Road: Up there with the ghosts

Ghost ex Machina

Old Ghost Road attracts attention
Wanganui Chronicle – 5 April 2017

Riding The Old Ghost Road

Under a Mokihinui Sun
Department of Conservation – 12 August 2016
The Mokihinui-Lyell Backcountry Trust is the group behind The Old Ghost Road. The Trust was responsible for the construction of the track and the four new huts situated along the track..

New Zealand’s longest single track
Adventurers Travel Co. – 4 September 2016

Epic Old Ghost Road ride features in Lonely Planet guide
Stuff – 17 August 2016
The tourism guide spotlights 200 biking trails from around the globe including the Old Ghost Road trail, the country’s longest continuous single trail that runs 85 kilometres between Lyell in the Upper Buller Gorge and the Mokihinui River…

Bikepacking New Zealand’s Old Ghost Road
Hage Photo – 28 June 2016

Bikepacking the Old Ghost Road
Stealth – 18 May 2016

Riding the Old Ghost Road
Licence to Ride – 6 May 2016

The Old Ghost Road with Peak Leaders
Pink Bike – 9 April 2016

West Coast’s Old Ghost Road forging region’s new identity
Stuff – 12 March 2016

The Ghost of Charming Denniston
Ground Effect – 10 March 2016

Old Ghost Road trail
Radio New Zealand – 10 February 2016

Nelson refugees taking on alpine ultramarathon
Nelson Mail – 20 January 2016

Father and Son heli-bike The Old Ghost Road
New Zealand Cycle Trail – 14 January 2016

9 Places Sven Martin Says You Should Ride Once in Your Life
Vital MTB – 4 January 2016

Dreams and toil raise spectre of Old Ghost Road
New Zealand Herald – 19 December 2015
For the past nine years, a dramatic story has been unfolding in the staggeringly beautiful but remote and rugged Mokihinui-Lyell backcountry…

Bewitched by The Old Ghost Road
The New Zealand Cycle Trail – 17 December 2015

Nelson Mail – 28 July 2015
Ten years ago these were common responses if you talked about staying in a small West Coast settlement north of Westport and south of Karamea…