New Zealand Suggested Mountain Biking Routes

Mountain Bike

Trailforks Top Rides ?

title	trails	distance	climb	city
10 mile West Coast Riders Club Route	39	10 miles	1,770 ft	Auckland
18 mile Skyline - Rotorua All-Mountain Route	44	18 miles	1 mile	Rotorua
9 mile Rangituhi Trail Park All-Mountain Route	15	9 miles	2,262 ft	Porirua
10 mile Signal Hill Route	31	10 miles	2,325 ft	Dunedin
9 mile West Coast Riders Club Route	38	9 miles	1,733 ft	Auckland

Suggested Routes
Race Routes

title	trails	distance	city	rank
Whakarewarewa Forest Loop (Official)mtb	11	21 miles	Rotorua	1
Easy Tourmtb featured	4	3 miles	Porirua	2
Makara Peak Grand Loop Climbmtb	5	5 miles	Wellington	3
Makara Peak: Middle Peak Loopmtb	8	5 miles	Wellington	4
Makara easy-ish loopmtb	15	7 miles	Wellington	5
Makara Peak Fern Loop (Koru and Lazy Fern)mtb	2	3 miles	Wellington	6
Crocodile - Flying Nun - Mount Vernonmtb	10	24 miles	Christchurch	7
Corotownmtb	3	6 miles	Queenstown	8
Mākara Peak Creek to Peak Climbmtb	5	4 miles	Wellington	9
Lake Dunstan Cycle Trailmtb	0	25 miles	Cromwell	10
HIGHLANDER MTB Marathonmtb	36	41 miles	Rotorua	11
The Timber Trailmtb	0	48 miles		12
Tawa Loop Grade 4 Return Via Black House Downmtb	12	23 miles	Rotorua	13
Skyline (The Full Version)mtb	42	24 miles	Wellington	14
Queenstown Trail - Arrowtown to Queenstownmtb	3	23 miles	Queenstown	15
Porirua - Great Cycle Loops - Parks and Harboursmtb	1	15 miles	Porirua	16
Mākara Peak Flow Downhillmtb	4	3 miles	Wellington	17
Billy T, Roller Coaster Route - RideSpots.commtb	20	9 miles	Rotorua	18
Haven Loop v3.0mtb	16	2 miles	Christchurch	19
Mākara Peak North Loopmtb	3	2 miles	Wellington	20
Akaroa Misty Peak Trailmtb	1	11 miles	Akaroa	21
Advanced Mountain Bike Loop - K2, Billy T, Riff Raff, Rocky Horrormtb	37	16 miles	Rotorua	22
Sumner - Godley Head Loopmtb	9	15 miles	Christchurch	23
Fernhill Loop via Beeched As and Salmon Runmtb	6	7 miles	Queenstown	24
Makara Peak Kids and Beginners Loopmtb	8	2 miles	Wellington	25
Te Poaka + EvS Loopmtb	6	8 miles	Rotorua	26
New Polhill Loopmtb	4	4 miles	Wellington	27
Mākara Peak The Ridge Downhillmtb	7	2 miles	Wellington	28
Port Hills Traversemtb	32	22 miles	Christchurch	29
Coronet Loopmtb	2	30 miles	Queenstown	30
Cross Country Loopmtb	8	6 miles	Methven	31
Intermediate Cross Country Loop - RideSpots.commtb	31	10 miles	Rotorua	32
Woodhill Pik'n'mixmtb	25	13 miles	Auckland	33
Volcanic Epic Prolougemtb	1	4 miles	Rotorua	34
Mākara Peak Spiral Downhillmtb	2	2 miles	Wellington	35
K2, Hot Cross Buns, Dragon's Tail, Challenge DH, Rockdrop Route - RideSpots.commtb	36	10 miles	Rotorua	36
Long Easy Cross Country Route - Rotoruamtb	43	13 miles	Rotorua	37
Dun Mountain, Little Twin, Dew Lakesmtb	4	27 miles	Nelson	38
Royal Routemtb	31	9 miles	Auckland	39
Labyrinth Loopmtb	10	3 miles	Lower Hutt	40
CAP Lap Through Vic Parkmtb	26	4 miles	Christchurch	41
Black House, Advanced Trails Route - Ridespots.commtb	18	9 miles	Rotorua	42
Kennedys bush to Sumner and backmtb	19	58 miles	Christchurch	43
Quick intermediate loopmtb	8	4 miles	Porirua	44
Huka Trailsmtb	6	19 miles	Taupo	45
Makara Peak Out The Backmtb	16	6 miles	Wellington	46
Don't Forget Your Chopsticks Gordonmtb	16	23 miles	Rotorua	47
Giant PNP Spring Series (Rd 3) Rangituhi Short Loop 2019mtb	12	4 miles	Porirua	48
Coronet Loopmtb	3	31 miles	Queenstown	49
Advanced Mountain Bike Loop from town - RideSpots.commtb	49	22 miles	Rotorua	50
Aotea Park Loopmtb	4	4 miles	Porirua	51
Stroop the Thing in Riverheadmtb	8	9 miles	Auckland	52
Kids Loop - Rotorua, New Zealandmtb	11	5 miles	Rotorua	53
Lower Fernhill Flow Loopmtb	9	5 miles	Queenstown	54
Valley Loop Trackmtb	8	8 miles	Auckland	55
Western Okataina Track - Epic Ride - RideSpots.commtb	1	18 miles	Rotorua	56
SCOTTY D'smtb	2	23 miles	Wellington	57
Rotorua e-Bike Testingmtb	36	42 miles	Rotorua	58
The Makara 70mtb	32	43 miles	Wellington	59
Park Tourmtb	8	5 miles	Porirua	60
Lyttelton Gondola loopmtb	7	8 miles	Lyttelton	61
Schools MTB Fest - (Proposed) DH coursemtb	4	1 mile	Palmerston North	62
Easy Downmtb	4	4,560 ft	Dunedin	63
Godley Head to Mount Pleasant Loopmtb	4	15 miles	Christchurch	64
Half Day Hoonmtb	10	9 miles	Rotorua	65
Beginner Loop - Rotorua, New Zealandmtb	12	6 miles	Rotorua	66
Puketapu Loopmtb	0	10 miles		67
Hunua Trails Introduction Loopmtb	9	9 miles	Auckland	68
Makara Peak alternative intermediate loop from Karori Parkmtb	14	8 miles	Wellington	69
Bush Creek XC Loopmtb	2	14 miles	Arrowtown	70
teetotal ridemtb	2	7 miles	St Arnaud	71
Totara Race Nite Course 1mtb	25	4 miles	Auckland	72
Saturday Loopmtb	16	31 miles	Rotorua	73
Coronet Classics Big Jobmtb	11	22 miles	Queenstown	74
4 Degrees, Electric, Weta Loopmtb	3	3 miles	Lower Hutt	75
Woodhill 25mtb	28	16 miles	Auckland	76
Blue Long Routemtb	16	6 miles	Auckland	77
CNZS MTB Nat Champs DH 2020mtb	2	3,484 ft	Upper Hutt	78
Marine Parade Loopmtb	0	23 miles	Napier	79
Great Lake Trails - Waihaha Sectionmtb	0	8 miles		80
Lake Dunstan Cycle Trailmtb	0	25 miles	Cromwell	81
Makara Peak 13kmmtb	6	8 miles	Wellington	82
What comes down....mtb	8	14 miles	Rotorua	83
Riverhead Blue Loopmtb	24	12 miles	Auckland	84
Maitai-Coppermine-Maitaimtb featured	0	19 miles	Nelson	85
Riverhead XC20mtb	16	12 miles	Auckland	86
AKL schools 2022 Hunuamtb	13	4 miles	Auckland	87
RAPAKI -SUMNER LOOPmtb	6	22 miles	Christchurch	88
Whitby Loopmtb	5	5 miles	Porirua	89
ENZ Trail Routemtb	6	7 miles	Rotorua	90
Trentham to Incline start and back via Tunnel Gull and Goat Rockmtb	7	32 miles	Upper Hutt	91
Whakarewarewa Forest Loop - SquishyEditionmtb	15	18 miles	Rotorua	92
Percy Passmtb	0	36 miles		93
Forestfest Long Coursemtb	16	26 miles	Rotorua	94
Kougar Parkmtb	7	9 miles	Tokoroa	95
WTP Long Dropmtb	4	2 miles	Lower Hutt	96
Mangamahoe 20k Loopmtb	29	11 miles		97
fun ride not to hardmtb	5	7 miles	Wellington	98
Some of Whakarewarewa's Finestmtb	29	17 miles	Rotorua	99
Expert Tracksmtb	10	4 miles	Hanmer Springs	100

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title	trails	distance	city	rank
Merida \| Highlander 2022 (Mid Course)mtb race	13	20 miles	Rotorua	1
Merida \| Highlander 2022 (Long Course)mtb race	30	36 miles	Rotorua	2
WHAKA 100KM Coursemtb race	59	66 miles	Rotorua	3
Whaka 100 2021 official (Confirmed)mtb race	34	66 miles	Rotorua	4
Merida \| Highlander 2022 (Short Course)mtb race	11	13 miles	Rotorua	5
Mt Hutt Funduromtb race	6	10 miles	Methven	6
Volcanic Epic - Stage 2 (Taupo) #2 Provisionalmtb race	14	31 miles	Taupo	7
XTERRA Rotorua Short Course MTB 2022 (1 Lap)mtb race	4	5 miles	Rotorua	8
XTERRA Rotorua Long Course MTB 2022 (1 Lap)mtb race	11	16 miles	Rotorua	9
Volcanic Epic - Stage 2 (Taupo) Provisionalmtb race	14	33 miles	Taupo	10
Whaka100 2022 (Draft)mtb race	6	63 miles	Rotorua	11
Signal XC Course - Easymtb race	4	4 miles	Dunedin	12
Whaka Kids 5km Official (Confirmed)mtb race	4	3 miles	Rotorua	13
Thursday Night XC - Wakari Creekmtb race	12	2 miles	Dunedin	14
Mammoth 2022mtb race	12	24 miles	Nelson	15
Whaka 25 2016mtb race	25	15 miles	Rotorua	16
NZSS Champs xc relaymtb race	5	4,147 ft	Rotorua	17
Dunedin Enduro Series 2017 - Signal Hillmtb race	0	9 miles	Dunedin	18
Camelbak Summer Cup - Event 1mtb race	18	5 miles	Palmerston North	19
Kapiti Xterramtb race	13	18 miles	Paraparaumu	20
3D Rotorua Multisport 30km MTB Racemtb race	29	18 miles	Rotorua	21
Porirua Grand Traverse 2016mtb race	11	13 miles	Porirua	22
South Island Secondary Schools SD Course 2017mtb race	27	3 miles	Dunedin	23
WHAKA 100 KOM 1mtb race	13	2 miles	Rotorua	24
Whaka Kids 5kmmtb race	9	4 miles	Rotorua	25
CamelBak Summer Cup 3 - Rotorua 2017mtb race	49	9 miles	Rotorua	26
2021 Aorere Enduro Day 2mtb race	39	25 miles	Nelson	27
2017 Hunua AKSS XC Race Course (Dry)mtb race	7	3 miles	Auckland	28
Giant Wellington PNP Spring Series 2018 rd1 Longmtb race	17	4 miles	Lower Hutt	29
Aoraki Secondary Schools Cross Country Track 2016mtb race	5	2 miles	Timaru	30
CamelBak Summer Cup 3 - Rotorua (Mid & Long Course)mtb race	61	12 miles	Rotorua	31
CamelBak Summer Cup - Tokoroamtb race	12	7 miles	Tokoroa	32
GIANT Toa Enduro challengermtb race	141	38 miles	Rotorua	33
Whaka100 2020 / unofficialmtb race	43	61 miles	Rotorua	34
Giant Wellington PNP Series rd 5 Short Loopmtb race	25	3 miles	Lower Hutt	35
Giant Wellington PNP Series Rd 5 2018 - Makara Peak Long Coursemtb race	31	8 miles	Wellington	36
AKSS 2018 Hunua Race Coursemtb race	40	5 miles	Auckland	37
Colville Connectionmtb race	0	44 miles	Whitianga	38
Giant Wellington PNP Spring Series rd 3 Long Loopmtb race	26	5 miles	Porirua	39
WHAKA 100 KOM 2mtb race	10	3 miles	Rotorua	40
Coppermine 2017mtb race	0	24 miles	Nelson	41
Cyclezone Winter MTB Series 2016, Event 3 (short Course)mtb race	19	6 miles	Rotorua	42
Giant Wellington PNP Rd3 (Rangituhi Trails) 2018 Shortmtb race	14	4 miles	Porirua	43
The A planmtb race	58	21 miles	Rotorua	44
Masters Games 2015mtb race	0	3 miles	Whanganui	45
Giant Wellington PNP Series Rd 2 (Whareroa) Long Loop 2018mtb race	143	13 miles	Paraparaumu	46
Cyclezone Winter MTB Series 2016, Event 3 (mid Course)mtb race	35	14 miles	Rotorua	47
KIDSWORX - Hipster DH event 2017mtb race	6	4,072 ft	Rotorua	48
2017 Dunners Summer Series #1mtb race	31	6 miles	Dunedin	49
Emersons 3 Peaks Day 1 2017mtb race	4	16 miles	Dunedin	50
WHAKA100 Official 2017mtb race	181	65 miles	Rotorua	51
Giant Wellington PNP Series Rd 5 2018 - Makara Peak Short Coursemtb race	19	4 miles	Wellington	52
2018 winter series rnd1 short course unofficialmtb race	36	10 miles	Rotorua	53
Whaka 50 2016mtb race	48	32 miles	Rotorua	54
Dunedin Enduro Series 2017 Pineapplemtb race	18	10 miles	Dunedin	55
Coppermine Epic 2017mtb race	0	24 miles	Nelson	56
2W Enduro 3 - 1 Stages E & A to start of Dmtb race	24	14 miles	Rotorua	57
Aorere Day 1mtb race	11	10 miles	Nelson	58
PNP Club & College Champs 2018 XC Long Coursemtb race	28	6 miles	Lower Hutt	59
2015 PNP Spring Series - A,B,C Easymtb race	6	3 miles	Wellington	60
Giant Wellington PNP Series rd 1 Short Loop 2017mtb race	0	4 miles	Lower Hutt	61
Giant Wellington PNP Series rd2 Whareroa Short Loop 2018mtb race	11	4 miles	Paraparaumu	62
WHAKA100 - Cowbell Coaching KOM Stage 1mtb race	11	2 miles	Rotorua	63
NZSS Downhillmtb race	6	1 mile	Rotorua	64
KIDSWORX - Warrior DH racemtb race	4	3,609 ft	Rotorua	65
2017 AKSS XC MTB Race 1 - Riverheadmtb race	0	3 miles	Auckland	66
NZSS Champs XCO 2018mtb race	19	4 miles	Rotorua	67
South Island Secondary Schools Over 15 XC Course 2017mtb race	14	3 miles	Dunedin	68
2020 Cable Bay Enduromtb race	28	16 miles	Nelson	69
WHAKA 25 2017 Unofficialmtb race	50	16 miles	Rotorua	70
2W Enduro 3 - 2 Start D and onto Fmtb race	10	4 miles	Rotorua	71
Aorere Day 2mtb race	62	26 miles	Nelson	72
PNP Club Champs 2018 – XC Short Coursemtb race	19	4 miles	Lower Hutt	73
Karapoti Classicmtb race	10	29 miles	Upper Hutt	74
Giant Wellington PNP Spring Series rd 2 Long Loopmtb race	0	7 miles	Wellington	75
WHAKA100 - Cowbell Coaching KOM Stage 2mtb race	4	2 miles	Rotorua	76
Dooms Daymtb race	138	58 miles	Rotorua	77
Pack&Pedal Summer Series Longmtb race	29	9 miles	Taupo	78
KIDSWORX - Hipster DH Coursemtb race	6	2,779 ft	Rotorua	79
WhakaPrac54kmmtb race	114	36 miles	Rotorua	80
AKSS Totara Coursemtb race	10	4 miles	Auckland	81
Giant Toa Enduro presented by CamelBak - 2020 - Short Coursemtb race	8	22 miles	Rotorua	82
Course Change Long Loop PNP Spring Series rd 5mtb race	35	9 miles	Wellington	83
XTERRA 2016 MTB Legmtb race	42	15 miles	Rotorua	84
Giant Wellington PNP Spring Series rd 4 Long Loop optionmtb race	180	15 miles	Paraparaumu	85
Oxygen Thief - National XC coursemtb race	3	2 miles	Wanaka	86
2W Enduro 3 - 3 End of Stage F and ride Stage Cmtb race	18	6 miles	Rotorua	87
TSSSA XC Course 2018-2019mtb race	25	6 miles		88
PNP Club Champs 2018 – Super D (Hard)mtb race	7	2 miles	Lower Hutt	89
2016 Proposed MTBNZ Cup XC Coursemtb race	12	5 miles	Dunedin	90
Draft Giant Wellington PNP Spring Series Short Loop rd 5mtb race	21	4 miles	Lower Hutt	91
Motatapumtb race	0	29 miles	Wanaka	92
WHAKA 25 Official 2016mtb race	58	16 miles	Rotorua	93
NZSS Champs #2mtb race	17	3 miles	Rotorua	94
Lezyne Summer Cup 15km coursemtb race	8	8 miles	Rotorua	95
Cyclezone Winter MTB Series 2017, #2mtb race	106	23 miles	Rotorua	96
AKS MTB Series- Totara Park 2019mtb race	21	3 miles	Auckland	97
Cyclezone Winter MTB Series 2016, Event 3 (long Course)mtb race	53	26 miles	Rotorua	98
Dunedin Enduro Series Round 2 2017 - Mount Cargillmtb race	4	12 miles	Dunedin	99
Totara360 Lap 2019mtb race	28	5 miles	Auckland	100

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New Zealand Mountain Biking Routes country region

Trailforks Top Rides ?