The Pike 29 Memorial Track was built as a living memorial to the men who died in the 2010 Pike mining disaster. It was sculpted into the landscape by passionate mountain bikers and track builders and is a world-class and first-of-its-kind mountain bike track which doubles and New Zealand’s 10th Great Walk. This video shows some of the exploits of the team who built it called the Bush Walruses. MTB track designer and digger operator Milty Coultas, explosives specialist and track shaper Tom Woodward, and tree fellers Logan and Felix. We cut the track through the bush over three long years while exposed, battered and frost bitten by the elements on the West Coast. It was the most extreme construction site that any of us had worked at. This video featured in the 2020 New Zealand Mountain Film Festival.
For track building services follow Milty on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/graded_earth/
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See my Cook Islands video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c15uq…
More Information: Article about building the track: https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/west-co…
Article about making the video: https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/west-co… #Pike29 #Paparoa #MTB
Ride the Pike 29 Memorial Track
Want to see the finished trail? Watch the riders’ first descent in Pike 29 Memorial Track: sneak preview of the $12 million MTB trail.
Visiting the trail? Here is the start of the Pike29 Memorial Track on Google Maps: Pike29 Memorial Track start. Planning a mountain bike trip? Find a mountain bike guide, bike park or MTB school on our map – you contact them directly, with no booking fees.