Trails
Arapuke Forest Park is owned by PNCC with trail development managed by the Manawatū Mountain Bike Club
GRADE 4
Length: 740m
Elevation Gain: 60
Style: Tech Uphill
Chilli Beans
Named after the NZ falcons with whom we share the park, This trail is a good honest Grade 3. It is tight and twisty hand cut single track but good riders will maintain great flow all the way down.
GRADE 3
Length: 1,500m
Elevation Drop: 150
Style: Tech
Kahu
Named after the NZ falcons with whom we share the park, This trail is a good honest Grade 3. It is tight and twisty hand cut single track but good riders will maintain great flow all the way down.
GRADE 3
Length: 1,000m
Elevation Drop: 150m
Style: Tech/Flow
Karearea
Named after the NZ falcons with whom we share the park, This trail is a good honest Grade 3. It is tight and twisty hand cut single track but good riders will maintain great flow all the way down.
GRADE 3
Length: 300m
Elevation Drop: 30m
Style: Tech
Yeah Nah
Thin single track following the Eastern Block Road down to join up to Check Point Charlie. Few small bits to get some air and a few logs to dodge along the way.
GRADE 2
Length: 600m
Elevation Drop: ~20m
Style: Flow
Riff Raff
Swamp Monster is ideal for kids and beginner riders with nice berms and a gentle gradient.
GRADE 3
Length: TBC
Style: Uphill
Checkpoint Charlie
Riff Raff forms an up/down connector loop, between the top of Ice Breaker and the Container Hub.
GRADE 3
Length: 2,100m
Elevation Drop: 80m
Style: Flow
About Time
A predominantly downhill flowing trail with lots of berms and a smooth surface that's fun for all the family.
GRADE 4
Length: 400m
Elevation Gain: 32m
Style: Uphill
GRADE 3
Length: 2,200m
Elevation Gain: 125m
Style: Uphill
Jack & the Beanstalk
Jack and the Beanstalk is a meandering, well-graded uphill trail that offers great views back down Kahuterawa valley.
GRADE 3
Length: 2,500m
Elevation Drop: 220m
Style: Flow
Mr. Twister
Mr. Twister was edited and extended by Empire of Dirt and also Velstand Trails in 2019. It is a wide open Grade 3 flow trail.
GRADE 2
Length: 1.5km
Elevation Gain: ~20m
Style: Flow
Ice Breaker
(formerly known as Jack Frost). In 2012 there was a major amount of harvesting of the area previously know as Woodpecker Forest.
GRADE 6
Length: 835m
Elevation Drop: 112m
Style: Tech
Kissing Rock
This is a demanding Grade 6 technical trail, although the whole trail has been designed to be rollable.
