Best Mountain Bike Trails in Hawke's Bay
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Extremely difficult
3.6 km
-568m
A hand built, technical and steep descending, single track. The trail weaves back and forth across the west facing ridge. The Trail utilises natural features (stumps, limestone rocks, slips, gullies), with natural terrain will be preserved as much as possible. Benching will is kept to a minimum with some low berms and catchers. This is a technical trail with some steep descents.
Easy
12.3m
319m
-316m
The Ashcott Loop is 20km predominantly lime sand. Easy riding or walking Trail. Runs parallel to the beautiful Tukituki & Tukipo RiversCan be started at a variety of starting points. Passes past Lindsay Bush a native forest Reserve and the Lindsay Water Race Tunnel. Passes past a variety of farmland displaying a variety of seasonal ag activities.
Intermediate
1.9 km
18m
-166m
1h 42m
A digger built trail descending flow trail following the ridge down and around to its intersection with Blackberry trail approx. 5% gradient average. The trail has no surprises and is suitable for novice and entry level riders.
Intermediate
647m
4m
-39m
3h 5m
Bottom Bracket Exit (BB Exit) takes riders from the Bottom Bracket trail meeting point to the shuttle pick up. You can also take the direct gap jump line off Tiki and join into this track. BB Exit is a fun little extension to the bike park even when there are not shuttles running and is a handbuilt piece of fun flowing single track through Kanuka forest.
Easy
1.1m
659m
-202m
A digger built, XC climbing trail benched all the way and be approx. 2 metres wide weaving its way up the hill between the carpark and magog road, lots of switchbacks, bottom part of the west bottom to top trail.
Easy
2.3m
42m
-40m
An easy smooth trail that flows between eucalyptus forests, native trees, and citrus and oak trees. A scenic track suitable for the whole family and making the most of the tree planting on Ranui Farm.
Easy
1m
29m
-34m
4h 38m
A digger built two way XC trail navigating around the foot of the hill above the old Pace flats area. There is some wooden bridges to cross the creeks. The is no surprises and suitable for novice and entry level riders.
Intermediate
2.3m
62m
-87m
10h 52m
A digger built cross country flow trail with climbing and descending. The trail follows the contour of the old lower magog trail and switchbacks up the hill and gets in amongst the big rock formations, it traverses along the face and cross over the gully into the old bolt and boulder trails areas making the most of the rocks and features. The trail utilises natural contours and features where possible, (limestone rocks, gullies). It is digger benched all the way and be approx. 1200mm wide a continuous flow of rollers, berms and catchers. The trail has no surprises everything is roll able for all levels of riders, experienced riders will enjoy it riding at speed.
Extremely difficult
196m
-40m
It is a G6 expert trail that starts with digger built section with a large avoidable stepdown gap jump, into natural terrain before crossing magog road into a bit more digger built. The trail traverses and descends the gulleys with a narrow technical trail , it then descends a steep ridge with large drop offs and chutes, at the bottom of this it joins a digger built mortorway section with a large 12 metre avoidable creek gap jump, and then into some large step ups and more jumps before finishing across the wooden twoman overpass. The trail is narrow and steep and has large drop-offs in parts at the edge of the trail. The trail joins onto Mrs Whippy to get to the shuttle pick up.