Best Mountain Bike Trails in Carterton

OPEN

Intermediate

2.4m

104m

-199m

9h 15m

A mixture of hand-built trail and digger dug. Initial section of trail has a very slight climb then becomes a hand dug descent through. Trail has some fast sections, some slower techy sections and two switchbacks. makes for an easier but great ride back to the shuttle after Boulderdash or Radiata Rumble.

OPEN

Advanced

824m

14m

-125m

3h 46m

Technical singletrack trail leading off from the shuttle drop off point. Some tight switchbacks, Drops, Steep chutes and off camber corners, Short skinny across stream.

OPEN

Intermediate

2.9 km

75m

-246m

6h 5m

Boulder Dash heads off Pioneer Road over a wooden bridge and then has a short steepish section before turning into singletrack in pine trees. There are electric fence barriers that you can ride through without problem as long as you have rubber tyres and no feet on the groundLeads into Radiata Rumble.

OPEN

Easy

1.7m

23m

-11m

12h 43m

Carter Scenic Reserve is one of the few remaining remnants of patchwork landscape once typical of the Wairarapa - grass, wetland, shrubland, and forest. Follow the boardwalk through a degraded wetland and remnant of flooded forest at Carter Reserve in the Wairarapa, returning via a loop track through the drier forest section.

OPEN

Intermediate

193m

9m

38 min

short connector from Blackberry Lane and Corona-Coaster to Pinball, slight climb up then drops across the shuttle road

OPEN

Intermediate

819m

2m

-75m

2h 51m

Fun, Hand dug flowy singletrack, starts off with some switchbacks then opens out into wide corners and woops. leads straight into trail connecting to pinball for extra descent time.

OPEN

Very difficult

292m

4m

-33m

Jumping up off main trail access, has multiple lines through trees before funneling into a step down then up into natural section across grassy slope and switchback dropping into chute before Playing possum

OPEN

Advanced

201m

9m

-32m

3h 18m

Natural trail, with some steep corners, a rocky section then slight off camber section before dropping into Barney Rubble Barney rubble

OPEN

Very difficult

643m

9m

-116m

3h 32m

Technical Trail running from the trail head near shuttle drop off point down onto Barney Rubble. Includes drops, rock gardens, Jumps, off cambers and steep chutes

OPEN

Very difficult

852m

17m

-121m

3h 33m

Technical Singletrack, with multiple line choice options, drops, tight switch-backs and rockgardens