Zac's track upgrade complete
TGL Contracting Limited have finished the upgrade work on Zac’s Track.
You can combine Zac’s Track with the recently upgraded T4 climb for a 20-30 minute grade 3 loop from the Peak. Or keep heading down Varley’s or Vertigo for a longer, more challenging descent.
Surfacing has been kept to a minimum, essentially a lot of rock has been pounded into the trail surface. It’s a bit soft in places, so take it easy while the track beds in over the next month.
Over time the riding line will firm up and the bench will narrow back to a pretty standard grade 3 width. This is approach makes the track much more sustainable and manageable from a maintenance point of view - which is one of the biggest challenges in the park at the moment. If grade 3 flow isn’t your thing, or you’re looking for variety or the next track to progress on, have a go at north face which is at the easier end of grade 4 (and started life as a grade 3 so not too steep).
This work was possible thanks to a grant from the Ian ‘Zac’ Pearson Memorial Fund which is administered by the Nikau Foundation.
