A fundraiser for the Glenorchy Trails Trust, about 130 to 150 riders are expected to compete, or otherwise just enjoy the views.
Three courses are designed to suit all abilities.
The longest, the ‘Stoked Grind’ at 160km, takes in all four local gravel roads — Greenstone, Routeburn, Paradise and Rees Valley — and crosses 20-plus creeks with 1900 metres of vertical.
The 86km ‘Kiwi Park Twin Rivers’ course goes past Paradise to Chinamans Bluff, then back and up Rees Valley Rd before heading back to GY.
The family-friendly ‘Fluid Paradise Dash’ 57km course is a ride from Glenorchy to Paradise and back — it’s the only course e-bikers are allowed on.
If a biker doesn’t have a gravel bike, organisers say a mountain bike’s just fine.
Entrants in the Stoked Grind head off at 8am on Saturday, followed by the Kiwi Park Twin Rivers riders at 9am and then the Fluid Paradise Dash at 10am — a prizegiving’s being held sometime between 3pm and 4pm, depending on race-day conditions, ahead of the final cut-off time at 6pm.
Entries close today via glenorchygrind.co.nz
