Best Mountain Bike Trails in Hyltons Pit MTB Park
Hyltons Pit is a quarry-turned-bike park offering 8.9km of hand-built cross-country singletrack plus a professional 0.9km flow trail, with trails graded for intermediate to beginner riders. Built and maintained by the Whanganui Mountain Bike Club, this community-focused park features linked trails with creative names like Shredder and Drifter that provide an engaging mix of terrain. The park offers free access and is perfectly suited for developing riders looking to improve their technical skills.
Trails
Showing 1 - 10 of 88 trails
Intermediate
949m
22m
-83m
5h 33m
Flow trail start at the top of the park and flows down to the main Brunswick Gate.
Intermediate
580m
28m
-36m
3h 45m
No.11 (Purple). Originally the PD track. Still the "sweetest" section of the XC loop. Tight switchbacks down the face of the hill to exit at the Brunswick gate. A left hand turn near the bottom leads onto the middle of Opener to redo the park loop or return to the Fields Rd gate.
Intermediate
641m
9m
-22m
1h 37m
No.8 (mauve). The trail winds back up to the high point of the main access road, winds alongside it on the tops and then back down to join Shredder's lower section after a series of tight loops. The exit is a sharp left off Shredder just before the last table top.
Intermediate
124m
6m
-2m
31 min
1.b Entrance to right at end of Opener. Fun steep runs in and out of two old storage dams. Exits back onto Opener.
Intermediate
248m
2m
-19m
Easy
1.5m
24m
-24m
6h 19m
No.2 (light green). Beginners'/Kids' loop. Winds anti-clockwise from Field St access road in a mainly flat area planted in natives. Optional loop around a small wetland area.
Advanced
181m
-27m
Very difficult
528m
97m
Flowy downhill with very steep end section. Narrow and sketchy
Intermediate
503m
9m
-4m
1h 51m
No.5 (Pink). Starts and finishes on two inner access roads. An easy option exits onto the access road at the top. Part of the quick "top route" joins onto its middle section.