Wrights Hill Shortcut

Wrights Hill, Wellington, New Zealand

Shortcut from Wrights Hill Road up to Scout Hall near the summit of Wrights Hill.

Intermediate

Bike and Foot

Useful shortcut that avoids the last section of seal on Wrights Hill Road.

The track is fairly steep, gaining around 60m in altitude in short order, but the surface mostly provides good grip so the climb isn't too difficult.

From the bottom there are two alternative entries - one with lots of steps, and the other has no steps but it does have an excessively tight switchback. There are still some steps just above the alternative entry, but only a few.

At a small parking area on Wrights Hill Road there is an information board and track signs indicating the start of this track.

The top of this track joins Scout Hall just below the summit of Wrights Hill.

The bottom section, next to the information board, starts with a bunch of steps. In late 2008 a more bike-friendly alternative entry was cut a few metres to the east.

0.56km

Single track

1 Nov 2009 by Ian

Ian