Given the name “Alps to Ocean”, you’d be forgiven for assuming that New Zealand’s longest Great Ride is all downhill. It’s not.
There are several testing climbs, the most challenging being a five-kilometre ascent on a narrow, organ-jumbling trail that leads to the ride’s loftiest point, the 900-metre-high summit of Tarnbrae Saddle.
Stuff - 23 September 2024
