Best Mountain Bike Trails in Bike Glendhu Bike Park
Bike Glendhu is a purpose-built mountain bike park set in stunning Glendhu Bay scenery just 10 minutes from Wanaka, featuring nearly 40km of trails for all skill levels from beginner cruisers to advanced technical singletrack and jump lines. The park operates seasonally (mid-October through early June) and offers shuttle services, rentals, e-bikes, coaching, and café facilities, with iconic 360-degree views of the Southern Alps. It boasts the longest mountain biking season in the Southern Alps.
Trails
Showing 1 - 10 of 29 trails
Advanced
3.6m
1127m
-303m
40h 46m
Trail to the summit of Bike Glendhu. Predominantly a climb but has a short downhill to kick it off.Stunning views up the Motatapu Valley. Accesses Baywatch, an epic flow trail from the summit with unbeatable views.Trail has some sections of exposure and has 300m vertical gain with no shade so take water and sunscreen.
Advanced
79m
3m
-2m
8 min
Short 2 way link to access Lower Baywatch from Switch it up or exit Upper Baywatch to connect to other park trails
Advanced
1.1m
10m
-90m
5h 43m
Lower Baywatch. Flowy singletrack with lots of berms and optional jumps, leads to 'Jack's Spot'.
Advanced
2.2m
25m
-228m
12h 34m
Flow trail that the starts at Falcon's Nest, the summit of Bike Glendhu where you'll find that iconic view.3.5km of flow down to Jack's Spot when combined with Baywatch-Lower and over 6km back to Base 334 (where the trails begin and end).Mainly intermediate flow trail with a couple of advanced dropping cornersPart of the Motatapu Blue loop
Advanced
559m
-37m
1h 8m
New trail, naming competition underway Flowy berms and table tops.
Very difficult
544m
2m
-82m
6h 29m
Black technical singletrack through native bush with rock roll sections, drops, jumps and epic berms. Can be slippy when wet
Advanced
615m
1m
-34m
2h 5m
Intermediate
1.5m
23m
-58m
6h 52m
Catch trail so you can rip Monsoon Hoon and get back to Jacks Spot and the lower trail network.Mix of uphill and downhill through some awesome country.
Intermediate
607m
-38m
2h
Flowy blue singletrack leading back down to the main access track.