Routecards:
| Route/Map | Length/Time | Start | Description | ||||
| New! West Welly Epic v2 (.414 MB) | Approx 20km allow 3 hours with coffee | CouCou cafe, Karori Road - parking on Stanton Road | Up Cemetery Track onto the Skyline then down Wahine. Next along the road to Salvation, up Salvation, across Wrights Hill onto the Fenceline then up the shortcut track to the start of of Carparts Extension. Then down Carparts Extension, Carparts,Highbury Fling and back to the start for a well-earned coffee at CouCou. | ||||
| Sandra's Karapoti Super Challenge (.739 MB) | Approx 24km/2-2.5 hours | Karapoti Entrance to Akatarawa Forest | Karapoti Challenge with 2 loops around the triangle, the two climbs up Airstrip mean this is a really good workout with fun descents down Woolshed and the Karapoti gorge. | ||||
| Levin Ride (.632 MB) | Around 2 hours | Kohitere forest just outside Levin |
Once you're up the 3km forest road climb there's the option to do a
forest trail loop and play around on the single tracks around the top of
the climb. There's also a couple of single tracks options to come
down on. If you have a couple of hours to spare on you way back
from somewhere and want to stretch your legs it's worth a diversion
off SH1 - just ask in the bike shop on the main street for a trail map
and some track recommendations.
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| Tunnel Gulley Traverse (.4 MB) | 24km, approx 2.5 hours | Te Marua | A good blast around on mostly gravel tracks, 2 options to finish the route, the 2nd option makes a great winter night ride on a starry night. | ||||
| West Welly Epic (3.1MB) | 20km, approx 2.5-3 hours | Makara Peak carpark | Plenty of climbing and singletrack, great views. Also fun as a night ride. | ||||
| Best of Belmont (1.6MB) | Approx 12.8km, 1.5-2 hours. | Stratton Street, see Belmont map link | A varied shortish loop with a decent climb to warm you up. Best when dry - if it's been wet the Danzig and Sweetacres tracks will be greasy. | ||||
| Skyline Skedaddle (1.5MB) | 21km, approx 2.5 hours | Karori Park | Good enduro ride with great views and interesting singletrack sections | ||||
| Eastern Lakes (3.5MB) | 26.6km, approx 2.75 hours | Burdans Gate, near Eastbourne | Makes
a good enduro ride with some short steep climbs and descents and stunning
views on a calm evening
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| Valley2Sea (2.6MB) | 43.4km | Upper Hutt Station | MTB adventure from the Hutt to the Kapiti coast | ||||
| Karapoti Super Challenge (1.6MB) | 22km, approx 2.5 hours | Karapoti Entrance to Akatarawa Forest | Includes a variety of track types and conditions, with challenging hill climbs and fun descents. Great view down Huttt Valley and beyond from Cannon Point | ||||
| Kapiti Klassic (2MB) | 21km, approx 2.5 hours | Parking area by the Maungakotukutuku entrance to the Akatawara forest | Route takes in the relatively new Cambell Mill trail which has great views of Kapiti Island and the Perhams trail. Moderately technical with several stream crossings, a few hundred metres worth of climbing and some ripping descending :) | ||||
| South Coast Hills & Singletrack (1.8MB) | 13.7 km, 1.5-2 hours | Empire Cinema, Island Bay | Taking in the best tracks around Island Bay, Mt Albert & Houghton Bay | ||||
| Vic & Alfred (0.8MB) | 8.6 km/loop, a lap is approx an hour - a couple for laps is a decent ride | Hataitai Velodrome | Across
the Mt Vic and Mt Alfred areas, taking in some sweet singletrack and fun
descents
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| Wainuiomata | Wainuiomata Trail project map | ||||||
| Makara Peak | Map produced by Makara Peak Supporters | ||||||
| Akatarawa Forest | PDF
maps of MTB & walking trails produced by Greater Wellington Council Notes:
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| Belmont | |||||||
| Battle Hill | |||||||
| Pencarrow | |||||||
| Queen Elizabeth Park | |||||||
| East Harbour Regional Park | |||||||
| Pakuratahi Forest Park (includes Rimutaka Incline) | |||||||
www.tracks.org.nz is also a great resource for route planning
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