Best Mountain Bike Trails in Hamilton Park
Hamilton Park in Gore (Southland) features four Grade 2-3 trails with a variety of skill-building features through native and exotic forest near the Waikaka Stream. All difficult trail features include ride-around options and bypass lines, making it a family-friendly destination suitable for riders of all levels. The park offers both dedicated mountain bike trails and a shared walking/cycling path circling the park's perimeter.
Trails
Showing 1 - 4 of 4 trails
Intermediate
1.6 km
16m
-10m
2h 50m
A natural singletrack trail twisting through the trees. Connects back onto Gravel Submarine which to make a fun cross country loop. The trail includes a rollable jump between two forks of a tree and a gap jump (non-rollable) over another trail. Remember to check for traffic on the other trail. All features include bypasses. When building the trail we discovered a kite tangled up in the trees, which reminded the builders of Charlie Brown and the kite eating tree.
Easy
467m
3m
-5m
6h 39m
A short, flowing cross country trail for everyone. Well-formed and surfaced track with easy berms. While the trail was under construction the stockpile of gravel was washed away and much of the trail was underwater in the February 2020 floods. This lead to the name, Gravel Submarine.
Intermediate
198m
1m
-1m
17 min
A short loop off Gravel Submarine featuring berms, rollers and elevated turns. Great for progressing skills or for something different. Halfway around there is a steep roll feature into a left a hand berm. There is a B-line (a by-pass trail) that branches off to the right that goes around this feature. Combine Hamilton Park, Berms and Hamburger and you get Ham-berm-ger.
Easy
265m
2m
-2m
2h 4m
A short easy trail with optional, more-difficult trail features. (Most features are still under construction. They will be added to Trail Forks as they are completed. Coming soon: drops, rock garden, Seesaw/teeter-totter, skinnies).It is designed so riders can learn and practice skills that are useful for riding other mountain bike trails.Start small and work your way up to larger features. All features are optional. Some larger features are not rollable on smaller kids bikes.Note: The Charlie Brown trail crosses this trail. Give way to other riders.