Day 4: The Tunnel

Day 4, a light day on the surface, a mere 37.12km, but including the infamous Homer Pass (elevation 900m). Also the day that broke Pete's knees :-(

Anyway, back to that later. After a short but arduous climb we were rewarded with stunning views of glacial valleys and eventually the dark hole in the mountain that is the Homer tunnel - a 1.2km long, one way, traffic-light controlled, 1:10 gradient downhill, wet, cold slippery, scary (and a bit exciting) voyage into the unknown. We'd been told that the traffic light sequence was 15 minutes giving us slow biked plenty of time to get through. Hmmm...check out the video and you'll see our surprise when they changed after 2 minutes. Oh, and watch out for the blaspheming after about 30 seconds (sorry but I did have a good reason).

Anyway, we made it in one piece and a brilliant 20km / 900m descent followed to Milford Sound.


Breakfast of Champions (take 2) :


Beautiful Fjordland :

Cheeky Kea's :
Stats :

Start : Lake Gunn
Finish : Milford Sound
Distance : 37.12km
Time : 2:25:21
Elevation : 900m