Best Mountain Bike Trails in Rivenrock
Rivenrock Mountain Bike Park at Mount Holdsworth near Carterton features 20km of professionally designed trails with plans to expand to 40km, catering to all ability levels from green beginner loops to black expert technical descents. The park offers a shuttle service, bike hire, and welcomes e-bikes on 35 trails, making it accessible for riders without their own gear. Located just 10 minutes from Carterton or Masterton, Rivenrock provides excellent downhill-focused riding with a supportive infrastructure.
Trails
Showing 1 - 10 of 25 trails
Intermediate
2.4m
104m
-199m
9h 15m
A mixture of hand-built trail and digger dug. Initial section of trail has a very slight climb then becomes a hand dug descent through. Trail has some fast sections, some slower techy sections and two switchbacks. makes for an easier but great ride back to the shuttle after Boulderdash or Radiata Rumble.
Advanced
824m
14m
-125m
3h 46m
Technical singletrack trail leading off from the shuttle drop off point. Some tight switchbacks, Drops, Steep chutes and off camber corners, Short skinny across stream.
Intermediate
2.9 km
75m
-246m
6h 5m
Boulder Dash heads off Pioneer Road over a wooden bridge and then has a short steepish section before turning into singletrack in pine trees. There are electric fence barriers that you can ride through without problem as long as you have rubber tyres and no feet on the groundLeads into Radiata Rumble.
Intermediate
193m
9m
38 min
short connector from Blackberry Lane and Corona-Coaster to Pinball, slight climb up then drops across the shuttle road
Intermediate
819m
2m
-75m
2h 51m
Fun, Hand dug flowy singletrack, starts off with some switchbacks then opens out into wide corners and woops. leads straight into trail connecting to pinball for extra descent time.
Very difficult
292m
4m
-33m
Jumping up off main trail access, has multiple lines through trees before funneling into a step down then up into natural section across grassy slope and switchback dropping into chute before Playing possum
Advanced
201m
9m
-32m
3h 18m
Natural trail, with some steep corners, a rocky section then slight off camber section before dropping into Barney Rubble Barney rubble
Very difficult
643m
9m
-116m
3h 32m
Technical Trail running from the trail head near shuttle drop off point down onto Barney Rubble. Includes drops, rock gardens, Jumps, off cambers and steep chutes
Very difficult
852m
17m
-121m
3h 33m
Technical Singletrack, with multiple line choice options, drops, tight switch-backs and rockgardens
Advanced
732m
6m
-126m
3h 12m