Mountain Bike Trails in Whitford Forest

Bakers run

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.

Body Bag

A rolling down and up track. A few steep downs with corresponding steep ups. Keep your momentum.

Breadheads

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.

Breadroll

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.

Link Trail

Link trail between Maraetai and Whitford. Two way.

Mad Cow

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.

Odens

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).

Postie Run

Short fast trail,. Recently rebuilt late 2018.

Rambler

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.

Roam

A mostly easy uphill that carries on from the end of Breadheads, The Boss and Odens.

Sleepy Hollow

One of the easier tracks in Whitford Forest. Short and sweet.

The Boss

Short downhill with a couple of pinch uphills. Roots.

The Charging Pig

Flows downhill to start and then becomes a flowing cross country track up and down to exit on the road heading towards Waikopua Rd. There are a couple of streams to cross and can be very muddy. A decent length of track which is great to ride when dry.

The Grim Raker

Rooty, off-camber technical fun.

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WCCTT

Fantastic flowing fast single track leading into a winding uphill or alternatively into the second half of Charging Pig. One of the best tracks in the forest.

Waikopua DH

Mostly easy but a little bit of DH in the middle-done ride in the wet.

Waikopua XC/Grim Raker

New 2018 trail, incorporates bits of old trail.

Wild Turkey

Starts off as easy old school single track then as the terrain steepens turns into an excellent steep flowing bike park like track. One of the best trails around. An THTC special.