Best Mountain Bike Trails in Centennial Reserve
Located in Miramar, Wellington, Centennial Reserve offers a zigzag network of mountain bike trails ranging from beginner to advanced difficulty across steep bushy hillside terrain. The reserve features the Con Air jump park with progressive wooden features, the Kids Track for beginners, and shared-use trails like Conviction alongside bike-priority tracks like Solitary and Jail Brake. This mounter-led community project is maintained by the Miramar Track Project and the Wellington Mountain Bike Club.
Trails
Showing 1 - 10 of 12 trails
Intermediate
140.8m
-16m
2h 6m
Bootleg has mainly been replaced by Jvenile creating a loop for the kids and newbies.One section still exists instead of doing the dual slalom. Watch the tree drop just after the start on the first left hander
Intermediate
707m
81m
-2m
7h 37m
Track is on Wellington City Council reserve land. Public access. Trail is multi use, keep and eye out for others. Track is maintained by Miramar Track Project, part of the Wellington Mountain Bike Club.
Advanced
598m
2m
-77m
2h 42m
Trail rebuilt (April 2021). Fun downhill trail with large bermed corners. A couple of small drops and one larger one near the bottom are now flowy but all roll-able jumps. Level 3-4 Intermediate when dry, closer to a 4 when wet as the corners are clay and can get greasy (go faster and stay high on the berm). This can be shuttled by car, or you can ride back up Repeat Offender/Conviction/Bootleg to get back to the start.
Easy
1.1m
52m
-53m
10h 43m
Juvie is a digger built, grade 2 track. The track starts at the Boot Leg exit (White Gate Car Park) on the Mapuia side of the reserve. From there it sidles around to join up with Conviction (the uphill track) just below where the tree fall from last year's (2013) storm occurred. Those who know the area well, will know that there was an old walking track that went up to a small clearing that was created from some tree fall a few years back. Juvie makes it to this clearing and then runs underneath, then across that existing walking track before continuing on to join into Conviction.
Easiest
412m
5m
-5m
3h 58m
Kids loop around the water towerA fun track for all ages, with rollers and small structures. Designed for kids to enjoy. Great views over the city as well.
Easiest
2.7 km
193m
-87m
3h 47m
This is a gentle connector that provides a useful way to bypass some of the suburban streets. In addition to a smooth gravel surface, the track offers pleasant views over the harbour.There is an upward gradient from south to north, averaging about 4% before the track eases down a couple of metres at the northern end.
Easy
911m
62m
-5m
6h 54m
A nice new climbing connection from Shelly Bay Rd up to Prison Rd in Maupuia. Hand built by contractors to minimise canopy loss and visibility from below. Miramar Track Project and Te Motu Kairangi-Miramar Ecological Restoration have planted hundreds of natives along the trail which which one day canopy the trail and make it completely invisible from below.
Intermediate
1.4 km
71m
-33m
2h 45m
Starting at the bottom of Jail Brake, Repeat Offender climbs back up the hill via 4 switch backs. From there it is a downward tending sidle with some pumpy sections thrown in for fun. Meets Conviction about 35m up from the start of the track.