The Old Ghost Road - Day 2

After a sleepless night we held our nerve and waited for the weather to pass to start the big second day. Prayers were answered and in a matter of seconds the valley went from white out to clouds lifting and sun flooded through!

The second day included about 2000m of vertical descent over 55km of riding, starting with an incredible switchback descent from Ghost Lake and across to Skyline Ridge. A testing day to the end the track saved a few hair raising suspension bridge crossings, hundreds of meters above the raging Mokihinui river below, until the last few tired kilometres.

That night we both ate massive plates of Chilli Nachos with a side of fries to recover and slept like babies...

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