Best Mountain Bike Trails in Queenstown - Lakes District

OPEN

Intermediate

592m

-31m

2h 3m

Begins with a flowy piece of single track then opens into a clearing with 3 small gap jumps, all with ride arounds. After the clearing the trail splits into two and you have a side by side slalom course to race your buddies on all the way to the end of the trail at the Hub.

Intermediate

1.4m

7m

-104m

9h 10m

DOC track from 7 Mile Creek/Carpark to Wilson Bay through 7 Mile riding area. maintained for walking not biking making for great tech climb and descent

UNKNOWN

Easiest

0.17431083402m

Frankton Roundabout — Active travel route - under maintenance period contact property and infrastructure.

Very difficult

9.2m

3468m

-4032m

156h 4m

Mountainous trail connecting the Arrow River/ Macetown to the Shotover catchment at Strohles Flat. Not for the faint-hearted, this is a big day out, probably best tackled on an e-bike by experienced riders (you will need to carry a spare battery) and hikers only. An awesome adventure for the summer months, passing some great relics of mining history at the Andersons, Homeward Bound and Premier Batteries.Descent from the ridge off Mt Saint Just is hard to spot in places, veer left when you hit the terrace at the bottom to find the overgrown exit onto the Skippers Road. Exit back to Queenstown via Pinchers Bluff and the slog up to Skippers Saddle.

OPEN

Advanced

3.6m

1127m

-303m

40h 46m

Trail to the summit of Bike Glendhu. Predominantly a climb but has a short downhill to kick it off.Stunning views up the Motatapu Valley. Accesses Baywatch, an epic flow trail from the summit with unbeatable views.Trail has some sections of exposure and has 300m vertical gain with no shade so take water and sunscreen.

OPEN

Easy

1.7m

3m

-171m

11h 20m

Just a swoopy, easy trail we took the kids (4 & 6yrs) down with only a little coaxing on a few of the slightly steeper slopes. A good trail for first timers and OK for a lazy shred back to base but nothing that will get your pulse racing.

OPEN

Intermediate

1.3m

-40m

1h 38m

Track starts just being the rubbish collection at top of Dublin Bay Road. There are a couple of steep and loose descents. This track is also used by trail bikes.

UNKNOWN

Advanced

1.4806512334700002m

Saddle Exit Trail — Mahu Whenua trails; Contact: Mark Williams, QTT mark.williams@queenstowntrail.org.nz