Two women have been hospitalised after a mountain biking accident on Mt Ruapehu yesterday.
One woman sustained head, arm and leg injuries when she fell from her bike coming down Ohakune Mountain Rd, the road that leads to Turoa skifields late yesterday morning.
She and some friends were coming down the mountain
road when she fell.
But, trying to avoid her ,another woman crashed and suffered back injuries.
The Square Trust Rescue Helicopter was called to Ohakune to pick up the more seriously injured cyclist who had been taken to the rugby field in the town because weather on the mountain had deteriorated.
The rescue helicopter flew her to Wanganui Hospital while the other woman was taken by road to Wanganui Hospital by St John Ambulance.
The 17km-long scenic road leads from the outskirts of Ohakune to the Turoa skifields and was opened in 1963.
