Have a look at the latest post in our Scottish Express Blog. We offer handy tips for Nelson Mountainbiking and great hiking locations in the local area and report on some of the adventures that have been key into shaping our business
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Lockett Range Loop – Kahurangi National Park
One of the hidden gems in Nelson that we are always poking people towards is the access road up to the Cobb valley, as it gives you unprecedented access to the alpine environments of Kahurangi National Park. It also is quite unique as the road terminates at a Department of Conservation hut (Trilobite hut), so…
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Red Hills – Mount Richmond Forest Park
Every year, we plan a small local expedition to discover some of the small tucked away niche adventure spots located in the top of the South. The idea is to be able to write up trip reports like this to give locals ideas to recreate locally and to give people coming to the Nelson region…
Toe Rag Trapline
In December last year we hiked one of our favourite day hikes in the Nelson Area, the Kaituna track( you can see our blogpost for that trip here). While we were hiking through the Kaituna track we stumbled on a sign for the Kaituna Toe Rag trapline, and it sparked some curiosity to what lay…
Rainbow skifield to Saint Arnaud via Parachute rocks Day Hike
We’re just getting round to writing the trip report for the transport we ran back in November 2023 for a great Alpine hike in the Nelson area We’re always looking for new places to adventure, and especially those places slightly off the beaten track. After scouring the topo maps for some awesome alpine environments to…
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Kahurangi 500 trip report
Back in early September we set our sites on riding a variation of the amazing Kahurangi 500 bikepacking route with a friend to look at possibilities of offering transport packages and support packages for this route, allowing larger groups and individuals the ability to resupply and also swap bikes at specific locations. You can see…
Kahurangi 500 -Bike packing – Gearing up for Gearing down
As you can probably guess… we love bikes, and we love bikes for a multitude of reasons, first and foremost are the many freedoms that a bike can give you. They’re small and very strong so you get a lot more freedom in terms of where you can take them both on road and off!!…
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