Rainbow Trail (Heartland Ride)
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Tracks & Trails
Rainbow Trail (Heartland Ride)
St Arnaud → Hanmer Springs
115 km
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2–3 days
Grade 3
Intermediate
Grade 4
Advanced
Summer
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Spring
The Rainbow Trail connects St Arnaud to Hanmer Springs via the Wairau-Hanmer Springs Hydro and Tophouse roads and has long been a popular cycle touring route.
It offers cyclists a remarkable wilderness experience with craggy, beech-covered mountains, flowing tussock lands and vast screes spilling from ridge crests to the valley floor in a remote high-country landscape.
It also connects with the St James Cycle Trail.
