Video: A Journey of Over 200km of Singletrack with 3 River Crossings in Pack Rafts
Kahurangi National Park, NZ. An ancient place of rare birds, rolling alpine tussock, earthquake shattered peaks and towering podocarp forests. A place of colonialism gold fever and endeavor. A place of cascading rivers and winding singletrack... Fluid Trails
The Fluid Trails trip consisted of a 600km loop including over 200km of singletrack. it also included 3 swift and challenging rivers paddled in packrafts
Ghost Lake Hut is a spectacular spot...in the right conditions
The team carried the Alpacka packrafts on the handlebar harness
The Boneyard on the Old Ghost Road is a constantly eroding earthquake slip left over by the 1929 Murchison Earthquake
Rose carried her wet-suit and extra warm gear on a rack attached to the Salsa Deadwood
The packrafts carried the mountain bikes through Class III rapids
Scouting Ariki Falls on the last night was intimidating, before packrafting the river on the last day, we didn't paddle the huge drop behind
Lush Coastal Nikau Forest on the Heaphy Track, The Salsa Mukluk fat bike fully loaded with packraft and expedition gear
Prayer flags, loaded rigs and a woodfire bath...definitely not a sufferfest all the time
Check out more about the Fluid Trails trip on the Salsa Cycles coverage at; https://salsacycles.com/culture/fluid_trails_short_film
Alpacka Raft’s coverage here
Bikepacking.com coverage here
Deane Parker
@deaneparkernz
https://www.deaneparker.nz/
Dylan Gerswchitz
@extremekidproductions
https://www.extremekidproductions.com/
Rose Green
@rose.green.nz
Muel
@uncle_muel
Thanks to the following brands for partnering with the team to make Fluid Trails happen;
Salsa Cycles
Alpacka Raft
Aquabound Paddles
Tineli New Zealand
Cyclewerks NZ
SCV Imports
Goat Cycles Bike Shop
Absolute Wilderness
Em’s Power Cookies
Little Beauties Fruit
True Fleece Merino
Zero Bag
Track Me NZ
Packrafting Queenstown
Ultimate Descents NZ
The Old Ghost Road
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