Best Mountain Bike Trails in The Rameka
The Rameka is a mountain bike trail network built by volunteers from Project Rameka and the Golden Bay Mountain Bike Club in Golden Bay's Takaka region. The network features several distinct trails ranging from the flowing Grade 3 Great Expectations to the technical Grade 5 The Odyssey, built on the historic cattle pack track connecting to Rameka Creek. The mix of technical singletrack and scenic forest trails offers riders of all abilities a chance to experience this remote and developing trail system.
Trails
Showing 1 - 5 of 5 trails
Intermediate
2.9m
201m
-377m
16h 42m
This great addition to the Rameka Experience has been built by the volunteers and helpers of Project Rameka in conjunction with the Golden Bay MTB Club. This is the start of a planned network of trails in the area. Great Expectations takes you down to Rameka Creek 3.5km's from Pack Track.
Intermediate
3.9m
18m
-302m
18h 22m
Uncovered and redeveloped in 2017 this is a continuation of the historic Rameka Track. It has a consistent gradient and several difficult to ride switchbacks that will improve with time and work. Otherwise the trail is easy to ride, though skinny. It gets afternoon sun
Intermediate
2m
88m
-223m
11h 20m
This track is the original “Pack Track” that was formed at the beginning of last century to allow access to Golden Bay by both horse and foot from Motueka. More recently the old bench was reopened by members of the Golden Bay Mountain Bike Club in 2010. The Pack Track was reopened to connect the Historic Rameka Track to the Project Rameka track network and is approximately 3km's in length. It is Grade 3 and has been kept to the standard of the Rameka track which is also Grade 3.
Advanced
2.4m
43m
-198m
9h 33m
A series of fun tracks that run parallel the road to the bottom of the gorge. These are a Grade 4. And include 1 Klick, 2 Klick, Hell and Carnage
Very difficult
1.9m
125m
-345m
9h 55m
Starts off as regular narrow pineforest singletrack with switchbacks. After that it's into regenerating native, largely manuka, getting more narrow with some steep, tight, switchbacks which were probably the most difficult part. There is significant exposure to falling at this point. Where the track comes out into the open, between the switchbacks, sometimes overgrown, especially in late spring and hard to follow the track/rut. The third section is when it comes in towards the river, to join into The Klicks. Not the hardest grade 5 trail around but still quite challenging and fun.