🌟🚵‍♂️ WHAKA WEEKLY 🚵‍♂️🌟May 29, 2025

🌤️ Weather: It’s been a wet one, but we might get a breather by the weekend.🌱

Dirt: Still holding moisture. Could firm up quick if the sun 🌞 gets involved. Be tree-aware cos some may have had a lay down 🌳.

No Brains

✨ Trail got the royal treatment for the most amazing trail adoption crew ever!👑. Full-on hand build session with 36 hours of love poured in by the legendary Brains Trust. Big effort. Big vibes. Big Rocks. Big ride up and an epic ride down. Love it.

Bush Buchanan Trail

Quick tree clearing mission by the RTT crew 🌲✂️. One hour, two crew, in and out. Clean corridor now for our horse friends.

Sign Blitz Wednesday:

📍 The Rotorua Trails Trust signage army was out in force, even in the rain. Eight locations got fresh installs — epic mahi!

Hemo Gorge

What better time to look at drainage issues and trail erosion than in the pouring rain?! We are coming up with a plan to get this project funded. Watch this space!

Tūkonohi

"MTB crew cut trees hanging over the trail 🌲, repaired erosion damage 🌊 and braking bumps, and cleared drains." That’s a masterclass in maintenance from the trail adopter. Chur!

Dual Slalom Track

🌿 Blackberry and grass no more! The berms and rollers got freed up of the overgrowth and are looking sooo much cleaner. Great work team!

Te Ahi Manawa

"A very well-built trail" — riding well despite the damp 💧. Think Tūteata's cousin that lifts weights 💪.

Frank n' Furter and Riff Raff

Still the people’s champ run🏆. Flow meets tech, and it’s loving the cooler temps ❄️.

Forest Loop – Tūhua (Part 2)

Double shift of trail TLC 🧽. Vegetation? Gone. Drains? Flowing. Surface? Smoothed. Fantastic work by the RTT trail crew, loving this progressive work and cant wait for my weekly Forest Loop ride this weekend.

Frontal Lobotomy, Evs, Te Rua

Incase you missed the memo, these trails are open from the top again. For a full list of trail openings and closures, visit https://www.rotoruatrailstrust.co.nz/trailclosures

Be Rude Not To

"Surface clear under the big trees from lion cut out to end 🌳" — tidy work here from the trail adopter. Chur Chur!

Grinder

Full leaf blow 🍂 and fern trim 🌿. Running silky smooth. Huge cheers to the blower crew fron Nduro events for donating their time to give back to the forest that give us so much, you lot are legends! 💨🙌.

EVENTS

None.

Working bee will be on the 8th so we can all enjoy the long weekend vibes! See you out on the trails!

💡 YOUR TASK FOR THE WEEK: 🍑.

📢 Spread the word: Rotorua Trails Trust is here all day, every day, week on week, making this place rideable, walkable, enjoyable 💪.

Yet soooooo many forest users don't even know we exist! Tell a mate. Tell your aunty. Tell your group chat 💬. Pin your mates down and don't let them go ride until they donate. We can only do this if we do it together.

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