Best Mountain Bike Trails in Wairarapa
Trails
Showing 1 - 10 of 38 trails
Very difficult
19.9m
1121m
-1354m
303h 55m
Either make this into an epic cycle tour/bike packing loop from Martinborough, or organise a drop off and pick up. The track is almost all 4WD track through the forest park. There's some super steep hills to climb, and at the far end the Putangirua Pinnacles to admire. The Kennett Brothers refer to this as "a classic from way back".From Haurangi Road to Sutherland Hut the trail is Intermediate and not too difficult, from there some of the steepest climbing you will ever witness on a bike
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.
Easy
1.7m
23m
-11m
12h 43m
Carter Scenic Reserve is one of the few remaining remnants of patchwork landscape once typical of the Wairarapa - grass, wetland, shrubland, and forest. Follow the boardwalk through a degraded wetland and remnant of flooded forest at Carter Reserve in the Wairarapa, returning via a loop track through the drier forest section.
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.
Easy
8.6m
47m
-24m
Linking track between Cross Creek (Remutaka Rail Trail) and Featherston that is mostly off road. There are a few sections that require rejoining the road for short distances to cross bridges.