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Okuku Pass - Canterbury
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2014 12:25 pm
by Philbo
Howdy.
Looking at driving from Loburn up Okuku Pass, down into Lees Valley and coming out at the back of Oxford. Length being about 98km's. Looking at taking one truck as I understand the shingle track is not overly strenuous.
Does anyone no when the Okuku river would be deemed not safe to cross?
Currently running about 1.8 cubic meters per second.
What are your thoughts?
Thanks
Philbo
Re: Okuku Pass - Canterbury
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2014 5:20 pm
by vvilly
fairly easy trip you should be fine with water at that level
Re: Okuku Pass - Canterbury
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2014 5:57 pm
by turoa
vvilly wrote:fairly easy trip you should be fine with water at that level
x2. Ive seen Mr ORE drive his mothers Corona the whole way through
Re: Okuku Pass - Canterbury
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2014 7:29 pm
by Philbo
Well, if 'Mr ORE ' can drive his mothers corona through, my Pajero and I should have a relaxing trip.
Re: Okuku Pass - Canterbury
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2014 10:08 pm
by KIWI_TERRANO
last time i was in there having a dip and lunch in the river (always seems to be very warm water) a 2wd nav went through with a bit of wheel spin sure your be fine
Re: Okuku Pass - Canterbury
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 4:45 pm
by Philbo
Drove the Okuku Pass a couple of weeks ago - great, relaxed trip. I certainly did not have to be concerned about the Okuku river.
Very scenic. Great trip for a Sunday drive.
Re: Okuku Pass - Canterbury
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 5:21 am
by rokhound
There are some cool little side trips off the main road as well for the more adventurous, just check with the locals as they get concerned about stock worry/theft.
That was a pretty bizarre day when we went up there with Mike, had sun, wind, snow, hail and it was bloody cold. As one of the guys put it, we spent 11 hours towing the wrecks around Canterbury to do 1 hours wheeling (down the okuku gorge which happened to be flooded).