Mountain Bike Trails in Waitarake/Sharlands

Aorere

A true enduro trail with a mix of everything 'Nelson' in one trail. New trail grade in 2021.

Aorere Climb

A short climbing trail to the start of 'Aorere'. New trail grade in 2021.

Broken Axe

Super fun, fast and loose with the a few techie sections thrown in. Starting high on Kaka ridge with views over Nelson and the Maitai, the trail drops across open country with step downs and rollers before entering the pine forest with loose rock and roots and a super fast flowy finish. Good times on AM and DH bikes alike. New trail grade in 2021.

Chings Highway

New trail grade in 2021.

Chings Link

Linking track from 'Chings Highway' back to 'Sharlands Road' and the valley trails, or can be used to create a short 'Chings Highway'.

Ground Effect Slingshot

A short trail at the very head of the valley. Requires a steep 200m climb up from the road to get to the start.

Kaka

A downhill course with some great modern era history. First raced in 2000 as a bare hill post harvesting, this course is a completely different animal now that the new pine forest is more than half way through its rotation. This course has stories to tell of the old National Series, the new NZ MTB Cup, National Champs and an Oceania Champs where our Australian visitors were gob smacked and loved it. Loamy soil is now in abundance.

Keyboard Warrior

A sweet narrow off camber dream, dropping corners, some berms, in forest. Built by Hamish, Kurt, Liv, Easy, Loui and a heap of others.

Lancewood Waggles

This track wanders down the valey through some native bush, then crosses the stream and climbs up along some hard won ground before decending down to Bobs fern Road. Part of the valley trail. New trail grade in 2021.

Loam Ranger

Loam Ranger lives up to its name as it drops, literally, down through the exotic forest through a number of switchbacks, dropping corners and fast paced descents. With easy access and just being soooo damn good, will see you back around to do it all again. New trail grade in 2021.

Maitai Face (full)

Maitai Face (full) is a steep, well made downhill track that is also trail bike friendly. It's super steep in places (over 50%). Built in pine forest it's off camber, rooty, has steep corners and is challenging. In the dry it has loads of grip - in the wet not so much. It finishes on the Maitai Valley Road opposite the golf club. The climb is not technical but hard work, worth it though. New trail grade in 2021.

Matai

Short technical single track through native forest.

Mr Chomper

An off-camber, barely benched swooping fun trail. Naturaly extends either the top of Matai Face or Keyboard Warrior. Finishes on the Matai Valley road at the same spot as Loam Ranger and Maitai Face. Lead builders were Kurt, Liv, Hamish and Easy. New trail grade in 2021.

Putakari

Putakari means "battle" in te reo Māori. A tight, native, singletrack trail with drop corners, rocks, a few jumps and a whole heap of awesome. Built by Hay Hay, Loui, Dan, Nathan and a whole heap of others. New trail grade in 2021.

Rimu

Technical single track through native forest with plenty of roots, rocks and switchbacks. Gets more interesting when wet.

Scottwood Wiggles

This track is basically in three parts. The top third is in young pine trees and is fairly open and easy riding. Sometimes a little overgrown in places, or boggy when its wet. The middle section is down through some fir trees and is shady and good riding with a few minor technical challenges. The last section can only be described as a "Root Fest" and is a real challenge when wet. There is a bypass to avoid this section if desired. New trail grade in 2021.

Sharlands Creek

Great little technical back country trail that crosses the creek several times and provides access from the exits of Matai, Rimu and Supplejack. Connects into 'Willow Lane'. New trail grade in 2021.

Slingshot Climb

Firebreak climb from Scottwood-Wiggles up to Ground-Effect-Slingshot. New trail grade in 2021.

Supplejack

Supplejack is a classic Nelson track. Built in a beautiful DoC managed area of native bush it's challenging but not too steep, rides well all year round. Mostly rock base it has some tight corners but is mostly flowing. Joins up with the Sharlands trails that lead back out onto the Maitai Valley Road. New trail grade in 2021.

Te Piki (Maitai Face Climbing Trail)

Climb from Maitai Valley Rd to access the Maitai Face descending trails.