Best Mountain Bike Trails in Richmond Hills
Richmond Hills features fun, flowing Grade 3+ forest trails in the Nelson Tasman region with easy access from Easeby Park and Lodestone Road fire road routes. The area centers on Silvan Forest, a free-to-access privately-owned mountain bike hub featuring connected ridge trails and a network linking to other popular regional routes. Located in the foothills above Richmond, it offers scenic rides through native forest with excellent trail maintenance.
Trails
Showing 1 - 7 of 7 trails
Intermediate
801m
25m
-84m
2h 8m
Fast, fun and flow, this trail has multiple line choices up top
Intermediate
192m
12m
-20m
1h 24m
Short link track between the end of Terminus and Bermed Monster via a short section of Lodestone Rd
Intermediate
817m
4m
-112m
2h 48m
From the end of Hang Ten, Ejector keeps the downhill running, linking right through to Easby Park
Intermediate
4.6m
519m
-84m
27h 17m
A climbing trail that heads from the Easby Park trail head, through the Big Skid site and onto the top ridge of Kingsland Forest.
Advanced
862m
4m
-159m
Advanced
1.8m
1m
-325m
6h 34m
Fantastic views over Tasman Bay leads to dropping in through rolling, fun and fast single track incorporating lots of features including drops and jumps that can be ridden around.
Intermediate
1.9m
127m
-1253m
12h 28m
Flowy machine built intermediate trail - fast and big berms between top ridge and Fowler Rd skid; a little bit more technical and speed tempered from Fowler Rd skid down to Lookout Rd