Burrows Ave

Wrights Hill, Wellington, New Zealand

Deep bush singletrack from Burrows Avenue to Landsdowne.

Easy

Bike and Foot

This track is a great way to get from Karori to Wrights Hill, or vice versa. If heading up hill from the top of Burrows Avenue, you'll leave the suburban streets and immediately be plunged into deep, dark bush that seems like it is a long way from anywhere.

Much of the track has never seen direct sunlight, so it tends to be a bit damp in places. The track surface is mostly leaf covered dirt, with some exposed tree roots and chunky rocks for armouring.

At the Paparata intersection, almost 0.3km from the top of Burrows Ave, the natural flow when descending is to continue along Paparata. A hard left turn is required to continue down Burrows Ave instead.

Less than 0.2km from the Burrows Avenue end the track divides into two branches at an unmarked intersection. The upper branch is Lynmouth, while the lower branch is Burrows Ave.

The map also shows a short alternative route, which is steep and narrow. It is unmarked at both ends, but the main track is obvious so there shouldn't be too much confusion.

The bottom of this track is on what looks like a private driveway off the top of Burrows Avenue. There are official track signs and an information board, so no worries about access.

The top branches off Landsdowne 0.2km from the Wrights Hill lower carpark.

0.99km

Single track

29 Apr 2009 by Ian

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