388 Trails in New Zealand

Rank Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
1. Squid difficulty 3.0 Queenstown
2. Upper Leaping Lizard (Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park) difficulty 0.0 Wellington
3. Red Rocks Trail difficulty 0.0 Wellington
4. Mystick Portal difficulty 1.0 Wellington
5. Peak Flow (Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park) difficulty 1.0 Wellington
6. Smokin' (Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park) difficulty 1.0 Wellington
7. Varley's (Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park) difficulty 1.0 Wellington
8. Millmore Mountain Bike Park difficulty 6 Gisborne
9. JFK (Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park) difficulty 1 Wellington
10. Zac's Track (Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park) difficulty 1 Wellington
11. Aratihi (Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park) difficulty 1 Wellington
12. Mountains to Sea - Nga Ara Tuhono difficulty 166 Ohakune
13. Ruatiti Domain Road difficulty 10 Raetihi
14. Magic Carpet (Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park) difficulty 0 Wellington
15. Ellice (Mt Victoria) difficulty 1 Wellington
16. Native difficulty 3 Whangarei
17. Ever-ready difficulty 1 Whangarei
18. Greens Estate difficulty 0.5 Palmerston North
19. Middle Hill Mountain Bike Park difficulty 6 Clarence
20. The Grand Traverse difficulty 1 Takaka
21. Sphinx Rock Track (Roxburgh Gorge Trail) difficulty 3.7 Alexandra
22. Creamed Rice difficulty 2 Nelson
23. Three Peaks Top Section difficulty 1 Dunedin
24. The Capleston to Gannons Road Track difficulty 2 Reefton
25. Big River - Waiuta difficulty 7 Reefton
26. Reefton Lookout: Zig-Zag Track difficulty 5 Reefton
27. Outflow difficulty 0.5 Te Anau
28. Fringed Hill difficulty 10 Nelson
29. Firball (Codgers Mountain Bike Park) difficulty 0.5 Nelson
30. Hulk N Hogan (Codgers Mountain Bike Park) difficulty 1.64 Nelson
31. Radome Redrocks Makara Loop difficulty 27.0 Wellington
32. Newtown to Hataitai (Mt Victoria) difficulty 1.0 Wellington
33. Newtown Reservoir (Mt Victoria) difficulty 0.0 Wellington
34. Mt Alfred Twister (Mt Victoria) difficulty 0.0 Wellington
35. Hospital to Mt Vic (Mt Victoria) difficulty 1.0 Wellington
36. Gifford (Mt Victoria) difficulty 0.0 Wellington
37. Alexandra Park DH (Mt Victoria) difficulty 0.0 Wellington
38. Pirie (Mt Victoria) difficulty 0.0 Wellington
39. Old Mac (Mt Victoria) difficulty 1.0 Wellington
40. Q'sahead difficulty 3 Whangarei
41. Atiu Creek Regional Park difficulty 2 Wellsford
42. Ngongotaha Cycle Trail difficulty 6 Rotorua
43. T3 (Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park) difficulty 1 Wellington
44. Ridgeline (Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park) difficulty 1 Wellington
45. Starfish (Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park) difficulty 1 Wellington
46. Swigg (Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park) difficulty 1 Wellington
47. Big Toms Wheelie (Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park) difficulty 1 Wellington
48. Ridgeline Extension (Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park) difficulty 1 Wellington
49. The Doctor (Rangituhi Trails) difficulty 1 Porirua
50. Missing Link (Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park) difficulty 1 Wellington

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