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Activity Recordings
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- moto (1 year)
Activity Recordings
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SaveA number of tracks ranging from Intermediate (Blue) through to Expert (Black and Double Black Diamond), all on great singletrack.
Primary Trail Type: Cross-Country
Land Status: Conservation Reserve
Land Manager: Department of Conservation

Access Info:
Either ride from town as that's the end point, or head south over the Clutha River and follow State Highway 8 for about 5.5km before turning left into the Butchers Dam car park.
Activities Click to view
- Mountain Bike
9 trails
- E-Bike
1 trails
- Hike
9 trails
- Trail Running
9 trails
Region Details
- 2
- 5
- 1
- 1
Region Status
Caution as of May 21, 2022Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 9
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 9
- Trails E-Bike
- 1
- Trails Hike
- 9
- Trails Trail Running
- 9
- Total Distance
- 16 miles
- Total Descent
- 2,596 ft
- Total Vertical
- 1,370 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 1,828 ft
- Reports
- 24
- Photos
- 16
- Ridden Counter
- 1,163
Popular Flat Top Hill Mountain Biking Trails
Flat Top Hill Mountain Bike Routes
title | rating | distance |
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Purple Haze Loop | 6 miles |
Photos of Flat Top Hill Mountain Bike
trail: Purple Haze
25 |
Feb 3, 2022 @ 1:19am
Feb 3, 2022
trail: Sphinx Rock Track
88 |
Jan 30, 2021 @ 11:16pm
Jan 30, 2021
trail: Purple Haze
110 |
Oct 3, 2019 @ 4:11pm
Oct 3, 2019
trail: Black and Blue
145 |
Apr 19, 2019 @ 12:55am
Apr 19, 2019
trail: Black and Blue
165 |
Apr 19, 2019 @ 12:55am
Apr 19, 2019
trail: Purple Haze
223 |
Apr 9, 2019 @ 7:52am
Apr 9, 2019
trail: Black and Blue
137 |
Mar 20, 2019 @ 12:41pm
Mar 20, 2019
trail: Black and Blue
150 |
Mar 20, 2019 @ 12:40pm
Mar 20, 2019Videos of Flat Top Hill Mountain Bike

trail: Black and Blue
7:37 |
526 |
Aug 31, 2020 , Alexandra

trail: Rock of Doom
9:55 |
727 |
Aug 31, 2020 , Alexandra
Recent Trail Reports
status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
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Purple Haze | Feb 5, 2022 @ 3:42pm Feb 5, 2022 | Dry | Kyliesmith | ||
Sphinx Rock Track | Feb 5, 2022 @ 3:42pm Feb 5, 2022 | Dry | Kyliesmith | ||
Haul Road East | Sep 7, 2021 @ 6:47pm Sep 7, 2021 | Ideal | Kaitoke137 | ||
Black and Blue | Sep 7, 2021 @ 6:47pm Sep 7, 2021 | Ideal | Kaitoke137 | ||
Flat Top Hill Walking Track | Feb 15, 2019 @ 1:10am Feb 15, 2019 | Variable | timotei99 | ||
Shortcut | Nov 16, 2017 @ 3:52pm Nov 16, 2017 | Very Dry | bryanmmch |
Activity Feed
username | action | type | title | date | |
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![]() | kiravdh | ridden | trail | Sphinx Rock Track and 2 more | May 28, 2022 @ 10:12pm May 28, 2022 |
![]() | tysoe753 | wishlist | trail | Black and Blue | May 10, 2022 @ 10:47pm May 10, 2022 |
![]() | Tegen | wishlist | trail | Black and Blue | Apr 29, 2022 @ 12:42am Apr 29, 2022 |
![]() | EJ2 | wishlist | trail | Purple Haze | Apr 10, 2022 @ 3:09am Apr 10, 2022 |
![]() | Pedro54 | ridden | trail | Purple Haze and 1 more | Apr 1, 2022 @ 3:26am Apr 1, 2022 |
Recent Comments
username | type | title | comment | date | |
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![]() | trail | Sick trail. Good amount of little rock... | Jun 6, 2021 @ 1:51pm Jun 6, 2021 | ||
![]() | trail | Pretty boring downhill to be honest. Nice... | Jun 6, 2021 @ 1:48pm Jun 6, 2021 | ||
![]() | trail | What a fantastic track. Gorgeous single track... | Dec 6, 2020 @ 1:25pm Dec 6, 2020 | ||
![]() | trail | Magic trail running well. The bypasses and not... | Aug 21, 2020 @ 11:12pm Aug 21, 2020 | ||
![]() | trail | This is a really cool trail. If your in the... | Mar 20, 2019 @ 12:33pm Mar 20, 2019 |
Nearby Areas
name | distance | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boot Hill | 4 | 3 | 5 km | ||
Matangi Station MTB | 6 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5.1 km |
Obelisk Range | 1 | 5.8 km | |||
Alexandra Airport | 2 | 4 | 6.8 km | ||
Gibbston | 4 | 4 | 1 | 28 km |
Activity Type Stats
activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
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Mountain Bike | 9 | 16 miles | 2,595 ft | 5 miles | 1,371 ft | #3,465 | #111 | 16 | 24 | 1 | 698 | |
E-Bike | 1 | 4,908 ft | 10 ft | 417 ft | 610 ft | #102 | 15 | 18 | ||||
Hike | 9 | 16 miles | 2,595 ft | 5 miles | 1,371 ft | #2,803 | #86 | 24 | 4 | |||
Trail Running | 9 | 16 miles | 2,595 ft | 5 miles | 1,371 ft | #2,806 | #87 | 24 | 8 |
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