After a successful inaugural event last year, helibiking fundraiser Glencoe Gravity is back.

The fundraiser for the Maheno Home and School and the Ovarian Cancer Foundation NZ is taking place on November 2, and is perfect for those mountain bikers who dread the up-hill slog usually necessary to experience the thrill of the downhill.

Event manager Sven Thelning says last year's event was a good first run, and they are hoping to build on numbers this year.

“Last year went perfectly. We had a perfect blue-sky day, and we had 65 riders, which was pretty good for the first attempt, and everything just went like clockwork,” Sven says.

A rider setting off at the top of Mt Miserable. Photo: Supplied

Central South Island Helicopters was kept busy throughout the day, with two choppers transporting people and bikes up Mt Miserable, so they could make their way down the 15km Glencoe Run. 

The track weaves through tussocky mountains, high country farmland and finishes through the Herbert Forest mountain biking trails.

Ticket numbers available are reliant on the number of flights able to take place in the timeframe between 8am and 4pm, and there are also vans operating for a more budget-conscious biker to spend the day enjoying the forest trails.

The event is restricted to riders aged 10 and up, and riding is mostly easy to intermediate - although riders can choose more advanced trails when they reach the Herbert Forest.

Like last year, part of the ride is through the farmland of Grant and Ele Ludemann, whose daughter Jane was diagnosed with low-grade serous ovarian cancer in 2017, aged 32.

Jane began the charity Cure Our Ovarian Cancer (recently renamed Low Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer Initiative)

Since its inception, the charity has raised more than $500,000 for LGSOC research across five countries.

More information and tickets for the Glencoe Gravity are available online.

Two helicopters will operate on the day. One transporting bikes, and one transporting people. Photo: Supplied