Pig Gully

Pakuratahi Forest, Wellington, New Zealand

Deadend forestry access road that branches off Back Road.

Intermediate

Bike and Foot

This track looks like it should go somewhere. However, it just provides access to recent pine planting areas so it now has no other exit (if it ever did).

About 0.25km from the start there is a fork in the road - the upper branch goes around the hill immediately in front, while the lower branch is the continuation of Pig Gully.

A spur roughly in the middle of the track heads down towards the Rimutaka Rail Trail. Although the Google aerial photo suggests that the track almost reaches the Rimutaka Rail Trail, in fact it stops well short - actually only about 75m at the closest point, but with 2-3m tall pine trees (as at 4 January 2009) and dense gorse and scrub inbetween, there is no obvious way to reach the Rimutaka Rail Trail. Perhaps a connection will be possible when the trees have grown sufficiently to thin the scrub, but not yet.

Take the lower road off Back Road 40m past the intersection with Centre Ridge.

Deadend so return the same way.

2.40km

4wd

7 Jan 2009 by Ian

Ian