Best Mountain Bike Trails in Cardrona Bike Park NZ
Cardrona Bike Park is New Zealand's highest-altitude bike park, nestled in the Southern Alps between Wānaka and Queenstown with 17 expertly designed trails offering some of the country's longest vertical descents. Serviced by lift-accessed chairlifts, the park features professional coaching, bike rental, and a legendary 10km trail descending 1270m to the iconic Cardrona Hotel, with shuttle services from nearby towns.
Trails
Showing 1 - 10 of 26 trails
Easy
1.7m
3m
-171m
11h 20m
Just a swoopy, easy trail we took the kids (4 & 6yrs) down with only a little coaxing on a few of the slightly steeper slopes. A good trail for first timers and OK for a lazy shred back to base but nothing that will get your pulse racing.
Intermediate
1.4m
53m
-1013m
6h 13m
Bermed wide flowing single track downhill. Generally ride-able, with control.A few minor stony descent points that beginners might have trouble with, and one ride on the shoulder of a slope that beginners will have to have confidence to ride.Fast / flowing for intermediate ridersA few short sections of exposed edges
Intermediate
655m
-78m
3h 27m
Very difficult
274m
-62m
59 min
Extremely difficult
2.5m
69m
-236m
36h 50m
Intermediate
1.1m
-944m
6h 26m
Very difficult
1.4m
-298m
8h 14m
Very difficult
1.1m
6m
-237m
4h 55m
GPS Track recordTough little natural track - very steep in places, but no "obstacles"
Extremely difficult
1.6 km
-194m
4h 19m
Intermediate
517m
-68m
2h