Best Mountain Bike Trails in Whitianga

OPEN

Intermediate

322.6m

10m

-7m

1h 24m

CHICKEN trail starts at "the Hub" where Park Lane, Tank and Quarry trails all meet. An easy ride across the quarry face and then through the bush to a drop off at the end where it joins the far end of Park Lane trail.

OPEN

Easy

2.8m

2m

3 min

Half way around Fieldmouse trail is THE DRAGONS TAIL. This is a series of linked small hills with a trail over them. Ideal for BMX bikes.

OPEN

Easiest

783.3m

2m

-8m

9h 9m

This trail is named after local inhabitants. The trail snakes through the area and is a shell and road metal surface. There are small bridges over the streams as well as skill ramps and some low jumps where you can “air”. Sheep keep the grass short but do not chase them. No dogs permitted in park this paddock. The trail starts inside the main entry gate

OPEN

Easy

92.7m

3m

-4m

26 min

The FUN ZONE is located just inside the entry gate from Moewai Rd. It consists of a series of ramps above the ground, and some see saws. The idea is to learn riding skills. It is an area where young can ride their bikes whilst a parent can sit in their car in the park outside the gate.

OPEN

Extremely difficult

599m

6m

-153m

6h 21m

HI Octane starts at the summit junction opposite the entrance to Rattle Snake. Easy ride through the trees and then a steep twisting steep ride to the bottom. Can be very wet and muddy. Some sharp turns have berms. There are no run out sections on the trail, you must keep moving. Some sharp drops. The exit is by the golf course, at the end of Park Lane which is the way back home and the bike wash.

OPEN

Easy

323m

3m

-17m

4h 47m

Home trail starts at the end of Park Lane and follows around the base of the hill. It meets Scratchy Lane and Orion’s Belt trails then carries on down past the pump house to Power Pole Bridge and Ground Effect Bike Wash. Green trail markers.

OPEN

Very difficult

414m

-38m

59 min

NUTS & BOLTS starts from Tank trail. This is a clay based trail and goes through a cutting and then follows a line down the quarry face, crossing Chicken trail to meet Park Lane trail. The only trail markings are caution signs and the “trail cross” sign. Stand on the pedals It is usually is fairly dry.

OPEN

Very difficult

208.1m

1m

-11m

2h 2m

You enter ORION’S BELT by going left at the exit of Park Lane exit. It follows a bulge around a bluff through manuka scrub, past the entry to Skylark and then a sharp descent on to a forestry access road where it rejoins Home trail.

OPEN

Intermediate

2.8m

8m

-147m

35h 38m

originally double track, this has re-naturalized quite a bit and narrowed in places to an overgrown walking path. Bikes have recently begun using the connection to complete a loop from Opito Bay. The intersections are marked with blue plastic arrows, and sometimes with shells nailed to trees. There are also several offshoot walking trails. After the steep uphill doubletrack from the gate at the end of Whangapoa forestry section, a sharp left into the track. Ridgetops and a few steep mineral earth descent sections leads down to the exit along Stewart stream. There are a few optional jump features for the downhill enthusiast.

OPEN

Easy

453.5m

10m

-7m

4h 30m

PARK LANE is two directional from junction with Quarry to the end by the golf course tee, where there are the exits of both Hi Octane and Chicken trails. On its way out, it crosses the quarry floor on a log surface, and meets Nuts & Bolts Trail, to meet at "the Hub", Tank Trail and continues through a green tunnel of bush where it meets Top Hat Trail, and Home trail