Railway relics at Summit station. Photo: Dave Mitchell

Remutaka Rail Trail, Remutaka Forest Park

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The Remutaka Rail Trail is an easy mountain bike ride or hike along a feat of railway engineering.

From the trailhead on Incline Road, the trail offers a pleasant 1:30 grade that climbs adjacent to Pakuratahi River and through an old pine plantation and then regenerating native bush. The track turns south-east at the tunnel ventilation shaft building, with the 8.8km long Remutaka Rail Tunnel buried somewhere deep below.  Soon after, the trail […]

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