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Teetotal

Mountain Bike Trails in Teetotal

Teetotal mountain bike tracks near St. Arnaud in the Nelson Lakes region offer challenging trails ranging from Grade 1 (easy) to Grade 6 (extreme), all set in stunning alpine scenery. The famous Skating Pond Loop and tracks like Kaka, Duck Down, Flying Moa, Rocky Horror, Sidewinder, Big Bush, and Rattler Rim feature exciting dips, banked turns, steady climbs and steep descents through grassland and matagouri scrub. The tracks cross both public conservation land and leasehold land, with speed limits of 40 km/h and awareness needed for other users including hunters.

Trails

Showing 1 - 11 of 11 trails

Big Bush Ridge

SIGNIFICANT_ISSUE

Intermediate

4 m

264m

-78m

46h 29m

Nice wilderness trail, links Kaka to Rocky Horror Show or Duck Down.

Duck Down Track

MINOR_ISSUE

Advanced

2 m

13m

-255m

19h 52m

Advanced Trail to enjoy after the big climb up Kaka, Awesome forest with rocks and roots.

Flying Moa

MINOR_ISSUE

Intermediate

2 m

20m

-266m

22h 34m

Flying Moa is an intermediate grade track, but quite a technical one as it twists and turns down through the beech forest from 850m to 600m.

Kaka (Up)

OPEN

Intermediate

3 m

229m

-7m

28h 29m

This trail is by far the best, and most popular means of climbing to the top of the park. A nice, flowing descent too (and an easier option than the other tracks).

Robin Banks

OPEN

Intermediate

963 m

12m

-93m

5h 11m

Climbing and/or down hill trail trail which replaces old steep Big Bush exit. Easy switch backs connect top of Big Bush Ridge to the forestry road below.

Rocky Horror Show

OPEN

2 m

-248m

9h 39m

Awesome rocky Descent, at a guess, an old steep walking trail. Does live up to its name.

Rotoiti Link

OPEN

Easy

465 m

17m

-5m

2h 5m

Roadside park and St Arnaud link.

Sidewinder

OPEN

Advanced

3 m

88m

-56m

26h 53m

Sidewinder track. It winds through manukas and grassy clearings before hooking into Skating Pond Loop. It can be ridden in either direction.

Sidewinder Connect

OPEN

Easy

347 m

6m

-2m

1h 20m

Skating Pond Loop

OPEN

Easy

2 m

87m

-95m

17h 45m

Part of the easy loop, access to the main park trails.

Village Link

OPEN

Easy

1 m

316m

-345m

14h 12m