The Highest Most Challenging Road in New Zealand - 2 of 3

The Mt Olympus 4WD road is possibly the highest in New Zealand video 2 of 3, Toyota Landcruiser driven to 1650 metres, in the next video we drive a quad bike to just over 1800 metres.
NZ's highest road ?
Thanks to Paul and Jan Gardiner and Mt Olympus Skifield
Drone : Mavic Air 3

[@geoffreyhall8594]

Hey Geoff. Love your videos. Back in 1981 I think, my fiancee and I drove the Crown Range from Wanaka to Queenstown. It had been raining all night and was still pretty uninviting the next morning. In those days it was still unsealed. A local coming the other way stopped us and said if we take it easy we should be OK so we pressed on. Great drive but the highlight was seeing the Mt Cook Airlines HS 748 flying to Queenstown below the cloud in the valley below us!! A memory that will stay with me forever!

[@RageAgainstTheMachine.]

fantastic, our beautiful county. so proud, thank you.

[@KatelynsAdventures707]

Wow this is really exciting to watch, obviously in the alps somewhere. I reckon it beats the Bolivia death road. Great footage for us to watch thanks Geoff

[@WEATHERORNUT]

This was a great video.. thank you so much for sharing.. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@michelebourke4340]

WOW. That is a FREAK OUT!!!! is that a ski lodge at the top, Geoff/DOC lodge?

[@taloire43]

Hats off to the engineers who built this road.

[@tonymckeage1028]

Great Video, Geoff, as I'm sure i mentioned in the first video, this is an area i am familiar with albeit a long time ago! I do remember very clearly being involved with a SAR exercise on Mt Olympus, much more i don't remember! Just a comment the cruiser doesn't sound healthy, if it was a petrol I would call it a tappet noise! I am assuming it's a diesel Thanks for sharing

[@pauls4708]

4.5 litre v8 diesel.I reckon they rattle my brother(who owns one) says they purr

[@pauls4708]

your videos are always interesting and sometimes like this very very interesting!

[@Robo849]

Trying to evaluate whether an AWD Rav 4 would be enough for a trip. I think she could handle it...

[@fritzwacker3771]

A crazy road especially in winter with snow.

[@craigperry7376]

What is this road named?

[@peteacher52]

Wow! And I thought I could drive! But I'm just a beginner beside Geoff! But after all that, you just have to turn around and go back the same way!!

[@brentgregory1359]

Another great video. Mt Hutt may be slightly higher? the track from the lodge to the top chairlift, would be around 2000m

[@peterdelany8763]

9

[@russellmulligan6216]

Try mount Dobson ski hill road for a little more altitude!

[@geoffmackley]

Will do Russell

[@judithcampbell7861]

Mind boggling. Is there a reason for not disclosing where it is?

[@lesmondk3376]

It says where he is in description Mt Olympus 4wd road it’s near lake Coleridge off harper road

[@wendyb4741]

Hmmm, scary drive, but I had to keep watching. Didn't notice any sheep though. Maybe I was too busy watching the road and holding my breath 😅

[@tool8204]

het mate, cool video. is that public access or do I need permission to go up there?

[@larrymercer4667]

I drove this road 2015.Terror! Hands sweating as we climbed.

[@nebuchadnezzar916]

Do Skippers Canyon Road next! 🙂

[@lesmondk3376]

Branch road also in skippers they not as good as the clarence

[@stephenridder6193]

He has.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5S4Y2hjnN2rj68

[@honahwikeepa2115]

😲 wow.

[@ednareha5]

Yup massive ride from the safety of my armchair😊😊

[@lesleywallace5748]

What a great drive, by the seat of your pants, plenty of shingle in the country🙏👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿

[@JBofBrisbane]

"METAL SURFACE"

[@autodepot5098]

Challenging? Where? Nice scenery but it's a highway.

[@ednareha5]

I can feel car sickness coming on🤭🤭

[@jamesy4480]

Hey man Did you need special permission for this?

[@geoffmackley]

Yes, the skifield is only open during the winter months, I got to go up on a mantainance trip.

[@anthonyhitchings1051]

Piece of Cake compared to some roads in the Death Valley area

[@HariKrishnaSahu]

Nice vlog ... #HariKrishnaSahu