Best Mountain Bike Trails in Wrights Hill
Part of Wellington's outer green belt, Wrights Hill connects Makara Peak with the Polhill area and offers a mix of technical and flow trails. Notable singletrack options like Salvation, Mr X, and Deliverance cater to different skill levels, while the main Skyline trail links Mt Kaukau through to coastal viewpoints at Te Kopahou and Red Rocks.
Trails
Showing 1 - 10 of 19 trails
Intermediate
221m
4m
-6m
2h 48m
A small connecter from Ponsonby Road into the Birdwood Reserve, connecting into the S-bend track. At the end of Ponsonby climb down three flights of stairs and the entrance is sign posted on the right. After riding for a few minutes you reach S-bend. Go up hill to get to the fence. or downhill to get to Waiapu Road.Be considerate of walkers.
Intermediate
298m
45m
1h 58m
A singletrack that climbs from the lower carpark on Wrights Hill Road to the top car park on Wrights Hill Road. There is a bench seat with no much of a view, and quickly intersects Grants Track.
Intermediate
3.2 km
9m
-402m
8h 44m
Although this is a two way track, riding it uphill is technically difficult and steep and taking some of the alternative tracks that deviate on and off Burrows Ave track makes it easier. However as a downhill trail it is tight with off camber corners and rock features to make this more of an Advanced trail. WATCH OUT FOR WALKERS as this is a popular walking and running trail that sees little bike traffic due to the near by Salvation and Deliverance tracks.
Intermediate
119m
17m
1h 7m
Easier alternative line off the main Burrows Ave track for both climbing and descending.
Easy
272m
11m
1h 44m
Paved track that is used as wheelchair access to Wrights Hill gun emplacements
Very difficult
1.5m
2m
-158m
11h 51m
An iconic Wellington singletrack that was built back in the late 1990s. Heads downhill through a stream-bed rock garden before traversing quickly through dense native bush. Generally quite narrow with some exposure on the outside edge, there are a few short steep drops and pinch climbs, plus a series of stream crossings.
Extremely difficult
268m
-59m
2h 50m
Alternative entrance to DeliveranceGoing down the track there is a series of increasingly steep and technical drops. The final drop, immediately after Evil branches off to the left, is ridiculously steep. The clay surface means this should only be attempted in dry conditions.
Advanced
87m
3m
-2m
5h 50m
This trail is for people looking to skip/bail-out of the last section of Down Pipe. Staring with a short climb, then a short descent before a sharp right corner, then joining onto Mr X.
Easy
65m
19 min
A short track from the summit to the fence, currently overgrown with vege.
Intermediate
647m
34m
-14m
4h 14m
Links up Scout Hall and Salvation and Deliverance without needing to ride the road. The track meanders below the summit of Wrights Hill and is of a gentle gradient. It can be tight in places, but is otherwise relatively easy to ride.