Best Mountain Bike Trails in Te Ahumairangi
Te Ahumairangi Hill (Tinakori Hill) is Wellington's iconic landform offering a limited but scenic mountain biking network including the Te Ahumairangi Ridgeline and access to the Northern Walkway. The hill sits on the Wellington fault escarpment and features steeper terrain suitable for intermediate riders, with great views through the trees to the city and harbour. Mountain biking is restricted on many paths due to biodiversity concerns, but approved trails provide excellent access to this central Wellington location.
Trails
Showing 1 - 4 of 4 trails
Intermediate
1.5 km
135m
-31m
5h 31m
Short connection from Tinakori Ridgeline to the Northern Walkway. Extremely steep in places, it's a bug effort to ride up - not for mere mortals. The review of the Council's Mountain Bike Policy has seen the Northern Walkway, the Huntingdon Track and the East-West Connector opened to bikes.
Intermediate
790.8m
38m
-94m
4h 37m
This is a nice piece of twisty singletrack from the Tinakori Ridgeline down to the streets of Wilton. Much of the track is under dense bush, making for pleasant surroundings where it is easy to forget that you're seldom more than 100m from houses. This track, in association with some on the south-eastern side of Tinakori Hill, makes a handy commuting route from Wilton through to the CBD and vice versa.Climbing from Huntingdon Street to the ridgeline is extremely steep in places and is likely to result in all but the fittest of riders pushing their bikes. More like an advanced trail in this direction due to the steepness.Advocacy groups have been working to gain mountain biking access to the rest of Te Ahumairangi/Tinakori Hill.
Intermediate
430m
-51m
1h 3m
Track that connects Grant Road to the Northern Walkway. Good option for walking and riding commuters from the northern end of the CBD wanting to access the western suburbs. A couple of very steep sections, and trail surface can get quite rutted after heavy rain despite large drains.
Intermediate
35.5m
3m
1h