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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 - 20 of 26 trails

Afternoon Delight

Easy

2 m

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.

Arcadia

Intermediate

1 m

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 riders A few short sections of exposed edges.

Back to Base

Intermediate

655 m

-78m

3h 27m

Boulder Dash

274 m

-62m

59m

Boundary Rider

3 m

69m

-236m

36h 50m

Crankshaft

Intermediate

1 m

-944m

6h 26m

DTL

1 m

6m

-237m

4h 55m

GPS Track record Tough little natural track - very steep in places, but no "obstacles"

Dirtstar Downhill

1 m

-298m

8h 14m

Gilby's

1.6 km

-194m

4h 19m

Grasshopper

Intermediate

517 m

-68m

2h

Hi ViZ

Intermediate

985 m

-147m

2h 58m

Wide fast rolling jump route - rideable for anyone at controlled speeds (no dangerous holes to leap).

Jacobs Ladder

143 m

-24m

58m

Steep and narrow, and a little rutted / soft.an "easier" exit from the Dirtstar track.

Lo ViZ

479 m

-96m

1h 58m

Starts off blue until trail branches off to Ridge Rider and then continues as a black run down to Whitestar. Tight flowing turns with good rollers and scrubs, can be rocky in places.

Long Black (Lower)

729 m

-203m

33h 19m

Long Black (Upper)

144 m

-39m

1h 26m

Lower Mile High

513 m

-82m

1h 7m

The second half of Cardrona's large jump track. Featuring, roads gaps, drops, tables, and big flowy berms.

Morning Glory

Intermediate

1 m

-161m

6h 37m

A good introduction to blue trail riding at Cardrona. Nice flowy trail with a number of optional jumps for those who want to take it to the next level.

Peak to Pub

Intermediate

5 m

-635m

13h 22m

Posterboy

205 m

-67m

1h 2m

Prospector

Intermediate

2 m

2m

-237m

5h 19m

Fast sweeping intermediate trail that starts on the road out to Captain's and traverses Quartz ridge before returning to Whitestar Express via Arcadia Basin. Lower section was rebuilt in 2019 after rain damage with some fun wee sections. Flowing turns and rollers make this a great trail for intermediate and advanced riders alike and a good option for those working on finding their flow on the resorts blue trails.