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Herbert Forest

Mountain Bike Trails in Herbert Forest

Located 20 minutes south of Oamaru in the Waitaki region, Herbert Forest features 22km of hand and digger-built singletrack through plantation forest. The routes offer an honest climb on forest roads followed by rewarding 5km singletrack descents with 360 vertical metres of gravity. Built and maintained by Mountain Biking North Otago Incorporated, trails range from intermediate to advanced skill levels.

Trails

Showing 1 - 20 of 22 trails

Contours

OPEN

Intermediate

1 m

82m

-26m

9h 18m

Well-graded singletrack climbing option.

Cross Track

OPEN

Intermediate

292 m

1m

-7m

1h 21m

Connects South Ridge Rd to Middle Ridge Rd.

Decent Middle Descent

OPEN

Intermediate

537 m

-58m

3h 15m

Digger Track

OPEN

Intermediate

559 m

-57m

5h 16m

Jumpy Middle

MINOR_ISSUE

Intermediate

625 m

2m

-31m

2h 14m

Kihya's Way

SIGNIFICANT_ISSUE

Advanced

1 m

503m

-98m

24h 15m

Single track in native bush. Now Finished Tight switchbacks and good drop off the edges in places. Some bits stay damp. A few short enduro lines on the way down if you see them :-) - although whole track is fun down.

Knott Rode

OPEN

Easy

665 m

2m

-64m

3h 18m

Knuckle Rock

OPEN

Intermediate

384 m

15m

-5m

3h 3m

Lower Middle Ridge Climb

OPEN

Intermediate

579 m

50m

-4m

6h

Macro Scarpa

OPEN

Easy

625 m

38m

5h 35m

New Track.

Moose Creek

OPEN

472 m

3m

-88m

2h 56m

Single track in native bush. Steep, tight switchbacks and rolls. Steep drop off in places. Extremely slippery in wet weather.

Oh Deer

OPEN

1 m

-132m

6h 1m

Old Fence Line

MINOR_ISSUE

316 m

2m

-51m

3h 25m

Roots, Rocks, Off Camber, Natural forest floor, Steep, Tight Corners.

Piggy Smalls

OPEN

764 m

-135m

3h 10m

Newly form track with one Gap jump that can be gone around.

Snookered

OPEN

Advanced

1 m

4m

-143m

6h 49m

New Track.

South Ridge Singletrack

OPEN

Intermediate

2 m

9m

-183m

10h 18m

5km climb on gravel forestry roads, then a 5km / 360 vertical metre descent on sweet hand built intermediate grade single track. Shuttle access to the top is via Mt Misery Rd.

Squiggler

OPEN

Easy

1 m

24m

-57m

10h 1m

Change from Blue to Green.

Stagger and Roll

OPEN

961 m

6m

-130m

5h 19m

Tombstone

OPEN

Advanced

675 m

2m

-65m

2h 55m

New Track.

Top to Skid

OPEN

Intermediate

3.9 km

3m

-293m

8h

The trail travels trough a mix of treed and open areas, and provides some varied, intermediate-level riding.