Best Mountain Bike Trails in Whitford Forest
Located 45km southeast of central Auckland, Whitford Forest offers professionally-built grade 3-4 trails through native bush and regenerating forest. The area features a mix of flow trails, technical terrain, and jump features suitable for intermediate to advanced riders. Currently managed by the Pohutukawa Coast Bike Club, requiring a forest permit for access.
Trails
Showing 1 - 10 of 19 trails
Very difficult
253.3m
2m
-62m
2h
Bakers Run is a very recently resurrected track that goes off Odens at the berm/wall bit before you start descending. It starts off ok, then gets a bit steep, then gets 'why the f#%k did I come down here steep' and then finishes with a 'brakes locked, bum over the back, lost all steering, career off into the undergrowth steep bit. Ends at Breadheads bridge. Enjoy
Easy
584.4m
6m
-51m
5h 18m
A rolling down and up track. A few steep downs with corresponding steep ups. Keep your momentum
Intermediate
882.3m
0m
-67m
4h 50m
An easy-to-moderate mostly downhill track. Rooty with the occasional off camber and steep decline. Gets very muddy in mid-winter.CLOSED ON SUNDAY MORNINGS WHEN ARCHERY IS ON.
Intermediate
527.2m
7m
-39m
2h 45m
Breadroll is another recently resurrected track that goes off Breadheads at this point. Look out for the log with the dirt piled up See photo. It's a mellow but fun ticky tour sort of track that comes back onto Breadheads.
Intermediate
5.1 km
418m
-69m
15h 41m
Mad Cow starts at the bottom of Wild Turkey. Its is the hill climb trail that takes you back to the road on top of the ridge. Its starts of with a technical gradual climb through a section of native in the valley floor. A few off camber rooty sections and some switches get you warmed up for when you enter the pines section. This is where a series of hand crafted benches and climbing turns takes you back to the top. When you think its all over, you still have 300 mtrs of climbing road to get to the exit of the trail.
Intermediate
880.4m
6m
-70m
4h 13m
An oldie that has been renovated recently. Has some jumps (with bypasses) and some steep bits. New bridge has been built to cross the stream at the bottom. (thank you to Nigel).
Intermediate
1.4m
129m
-34m
13h 33m
This track can be ridden both up and down. Please look out for riders approaching from the opposite direction.The uphill features some steep pinches, and tight switchbacks. The downhill will see you sliding foot-out with a big grin, around those same tight switchbacks.Recent working bee to clean it up done in September 2014.
Easy
802.1m
49m
-5m
6h 13m
A mostly easy uphill that carries on from the end of Breadheads, The Boss and Odens.