184 Trails in South Island

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Flying Nun Track (Port Hills Tracks) Advanced difficulty 2 **** Christchurch
Worsleys Track (Port Hills Tracks) Advanced difficulty 2 * Christchurch
Fernhill Loop (Fernhill) Advanced difficulty 8 ** Queenstown
Moonlight Circuit Advanced difficulty 25 ** Queenstown
Crocodile Track (Port Hills Tracks) Advanced difficulty 2 **** Christchurch
Christchurch Adventure Park Advanced difficulty 75 ***** Christchurch
Lankey Creek Tram Track Advanced difficulty 4 ** Reefton
Sticky Forest Advanced difficulty 20 **** Wanaka
Greenwood Park Track (Port Hills Tracks) Advanced difficulty 2 **** Christchurch
Signal Hill Advanced difficulty 19 **** Dunedin
Involution Intermediate difficulty 7 ***** Nelson
7 Mile Riding Area Intermediate difficulty 7 **** Queenstown
Picton Trails Intermediate difficulty 11 ** Picton
Manuherikia Headwaters Intermediate difficulty 28 ** Omarama
Perenuka Intermediate difficulty 7 *** Te Anau
Gabriels Gully Loop Intermediate difficulty 12 ** Lawrence
Hikuwai Loop Intermediate difficulty 5 ** Wanaka
Dingle Burn Intermediate difficulty 15 ** Hawea
Bullock Track, Old Man Range Intermediate difficulty 12 * Roxburgh
Boot Hill Intermediate difficulty 3 * Alexandra
Alexandra Airport Trail Intermediate difficulty 6 * Alexandra
Bannockburn Sluicings Intermediate difficulty 3 *** Cromwell
Tasman Glacier Intermediate difficulty 8 *** Mount Cook Village
Centennial Park Intermediate difficulty 9 ** Timaru
Silvan Forest Intermediate difficulty 20 *** Richmond
Cardrona Bike Park Intermediate difficulty 40 **** Wanaka
Raincliff Intermediate difficulty 26 * TImaru
Welcome Rock Trails Intermediate difficulty 27 **** Garston
Anaconda Track (Port Hills Tracks) Intermediate difficulty 1 **** Christchurch
Mount Vernon Trail (Port Hills Tracks) Intermediate difficulty 2 *** Christchurch
Tekapo Circuit Intermediate difficulty 12 * Tekapo
Dusky Trail Intermediate difficulty 13 ** Twizel
Twizel River Trail Intermediate difficulty 16 ** Twizel
Tarnbrae Track Intermediate difficulty 25 *** Twizel
Ahuriri Valley Intermediate difficulty 25 ** Omarama
Minaret Burn Track Intermediate difficulty 20 ** Wanaka
Naseby Forest Intermediate difficulty 15 ** Naseby
Carricktown Loop Intermediate difficulty 21 ** Cromwell
Macetown and the Arrow Gorge Intermediate difficulty 20 *** Queenstown
Skippers Pack Track (Coronet Peak Trails) Intermediate difficulty 6 ***** Queenstown
Bush Creek (Coronet Peak Trails) Intermediate difficulty 4 *** Queenstown
Herbert Forest MTB Tracks Intermediate difficulty 6 **** Oamaru
Four Lakes Loop Intermediate difficulty 14 **** Queenstown
Nicols Creek Intermediate difficulty 6 *** Dunedin
Rainbow Trail Intermediate difficulty 70 *** Hanmer Springs
Hanmer Forest Intermediate difficulty 18 **** Hanmer Springs
Kaiteriteri mountain bike park Intermediate difficulty 10 *** Motueka
Queen Charlotte Track Intermediate difficulty 53 ***** Picton
Wither Hills Mountain Bike Park Intermediate difficulty 13 ** Blenheim
Reefton to Big River Intermediate difficulty 16 ** Reefton

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