385 Trails in New Zealand

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Colson Road Expert difficulty 4 * New Plymouth
Maitland Ridge Expert difficulty 16 *** Nelson
629 Trail Expert difficulty 5 **** Nelson
Atlas Wynyard Freestyle bike park Expert difficulty 1 *** Queenstown
Toll Gate and Stoney Creek Expert difficulty 3 * Queenstown
Slip Saddle (Coronet Peak Trails) Expert difficulty 2 **** Queenstown
Coro DH (Coronet Peak Trails) Expert difficulty 2 *** Queenstown
Montgomery Hut to Kirwans Hut Expert difficulty 6 * Reefton
Sunrise Ridge Expert difficulty 15 ** Nelson
Richmond Hills Expert difficulty 10 ** Richmond
Peaking Ridge Expert difficulty 15 *** Nelson
Victoria Park Downhill Trails Advanced difficulty 6 **** Christchurch
Kirwans Track Advanced difficulty 9 *** Reefton
Ben Lomond Trails Advanced difficulty 20 ***** Queenstown
Waihaha Hut Track Advanced difficulty 20.0 ** Taupo
Skyline Makara Loop Advanced difficulty 16.0 *** Wellington
Shuttlecock (Mt Victoria) Advanced difficulty 0.0 ** Wellington
Rock peak Advanced difficulty 15.0 **** Wanaka
Wild Coast Track Advanced difficulty 11 *** Wellington
Rangituhi Trails Advanced difficulty 12 ***** Porirua
Kohitere Forest Advanced difficulty 10 * Levin
Busing Forest Advanced difficulty 10 * New Plymouth
Waitomo Forest Advanced difficulty 6 ** Waitomo
Bullock Track (Whangamata Ridges Mountainbike Park) Advanced difficulty 13 **** Whangamata
Thompsons Track Advanced difficulty 24 * Tauranga
Kataore Advanced difficulty 2 ** Rotorua
Northface (Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park) Advanced difficulty 1 **** Wellington
Crash Palace (Rangituhi Trails) Advanced difficulty 1 *** Porirua
Chimney Sweep (Rangituhi Trails) Advanced difficulty 1 *** Porirua
Whitford Forest Advanced difficulty 12 ** Auckland
Waharau Advanced difficulty 10 * Auckland
Royal Albany Advanced difficulty 9 *** Auckland
Rainbow Mountain Loop Advanced difficulty 7 *** Rotorua
Erua Forest Trail Advanced difficulty 3 ** Raetihi
Te Iringa Advanced difficulty 12 **** Taupo
Tree Trunk Gorge Advanced difficulty 12 *** Turangi
Afraidium (Glenbervie Forest Mountain Bike Park) Advanced difficulty 0 *** Whangarei
B'warethetroll (Glenbervie Forest Mountain Bike Park) Advanced difficulty 1 ** Whangarei
Antidote Advanced difficulty 1 * Whangarei
Bluff (Glenbervie Forest Mountain Bike Park) Advanced difficulty 1 ** Whangarei
Te Ara Koa (Codgers Mountain Bike Park) Advanced difficulty 3 ***** Nelson
Wakamarina Advanced difficulty 28 **** Blenheim
Flora Saddle to Upper Takaka Advanced difficulty 22 ** Motueka
Blue Spur Tracks Advanced difficulty 12 *** Hokitika
Hang Ten (Richmond Hills) Advanced difficulty 2 ** Nelson
Linger and Die Advanced difficulty 2 **** Clyde
Grandview Ridge Track Advanced difficulty 12 * Wanaka
Grandview Creek Advanced difficulty 8 * Hawea
Pyramid Saddle Advanced difficulty 11 *** Twizel
Macaulay Valley Advanced difficulty 24 ** Tekapo

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