Pike29 Memorial Track opens this month

February 2024

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February 2024

Trampers set off on the Pike29 Memorial Track. Photo: DOC
The 11.6km mountain biking and walking Pike29 Memorial Track will open on February 17. It will connect the Paparoa Track Great Walk to the Pike River Valley.   The track is the result of a partnership between DOC, Ngāti Waewae and families of the 29 men who died in the Pike River mine disaster in […]

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