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Trail Conditions
- Unknown
- Snow Packed
- Snow Covered
- Freeze/thaw Cycle
- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Dry
- Very Dry
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Trail Difficulties
Trail Report Status
- Access Road/Trail
- White
- Green
- Blue
- Black
- Double Black Diamond
Trail Report Status
- Clear / Green
- Minor Issue / Yellow
- Significant Issue / Amber
- Closed or Major Issue / Red
- Land Owner Overlay
- Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
- BLM (public)
- USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
- State land
- Indigenous
- Military
Trail Conditions
- Unknown
- Snow Packed
- Snow Covered
- Freeze/thaw Cycle
- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Dry
- Very Dry
- Map Markers
Trail Head
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Directory Listing
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Directions
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This is the best mountain biking destination in New Plymouth. There's approx. 22km's of track ranging from grades 1-6.
There's a mapboard at the car park entrance and a trail map available from the New Plymouth Mountain Bikers website (http://npmtb.co.nz/lake-mangamahoe)
There's a mapboard at the car park entrance and a trail map available from the New Plymouth Mountain Bikers website (http://npmtb.co.nz/lake-mangamahoe)
Primary Trail Type: Cross-Country
google parking directions Access Info:
Head south 10km out of New Plymouth on State Highway 3 until you see the Lake Mangamahoe turn off, then carry on 800m to the next left turn off (Plantation Rd). Turn left and 200m later, stop at the obvious row of angle parks at the gate.
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Region Details
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Caution on 2 days
Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Global Ranking
- #181
- Trails
- 72
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 72
- Trails Hike
- 40
- Trails Trail Running
- 40
- Total Distance
- 25 miles
- Total Descent Distance
- 13 miles
- Total Descent
- 7,898 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 743 ft
- Total Vertical
- 381 ft
- Reports
- 1,586
- Photos
- 103
- Ridden Counter
- 4,359
Popular Lake Mangamahoe Mountain Biking Trails
| status | title | difficulty | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anti Climb-Ax | |||
| Let It Roll | |||
| Mandatory Powerplay | |||
| Climb-Ax | |||
| S'up | |||
| Buzzcut | |||
| To Kiwi Mid | |||
| Forestry Road | |||
| Ridgery doo | |||
| Stumpy's Mayhem | |||
| Out house loop | |||
| Bates |
Recent Trail Reports
| trail | date | user | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | Nov 20, 2018 @ 1:34pm 2 days | toby132 | ||
| Hendrix | Nov 20, 2018 @ 1:10pm 2 days | toby132 | ||
| Out house loop | Nov 15, 2018 @ 12:57pm Nov 15, 2018 | graeme-mtb | ||
| Slice Of Heaven | Nov 15, 2018 @ 12:57pm Nov 15, 2018 | graeme-mtb | ||
| Bates | Nov 15, 2018 @ 12:57pm Nov 15, 2018 | graeme-mtb |
Current Trail Warnings
Photos of Lake Mangamahoe Mountain Bike
trail: Miharo
2 | Miharo, New Plymouth
Nov 11, 2018 @ 12:19am
Nov 11, 2018
trail: Sinclairs
5 | Sinclairs, New Plymouth
Oct 27, 2018 @ 10:25pm
Oct 27, 2018
trail: Sinclairs
4 | Sinclairs, New Plymouth
Oct 27, 2018 @ 10:25pm
Oct 27, 2018
trail: Sinclairs
3 | Sinclairs, New Plymouth
Oct 27, 2018 @ 10:25pm
Oct 27, 2018Videos of Lake Mangamahoe Mountain Bike
trail: Highway to Hell
550 |
Jun 9, 2017 , New Plymouth
trail: BB Sizzler
698 |
Apr 28, 2017 , New Plymouth
trail: Track the Ripper
751 |
Nov 13, 2015 , New Plymouth
trail: Mandatory Powerplay
670 |
Nov 13, 2015 , New Plymouth
Lake Mangamahoe Mountain Bike Routes
| title | rating | distance |
|---|---|---|
| One Sweet Loop featured | 9 miles | |
| Slip the hard stuff into the middle | 2 miles | |
| Cemetery Circuit | 3 miles | |
| Big Tall John's Big Long Loop | 15 miles |
Recent Comments
| username | type | title | comment | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | trail | Run in before the step up is a bit tricky | Oct 22, 2018 @ 3:59pm Oct 22, 2018 | ||
| trail | Trail is mint post enduro. Good effort. | Sep 27, 2018 @ 9:39pm Sep 27, 2018 | ||
| trail | Mud holes have been taken out | Jul 21, 2018 @ 9:59pm Jul 21, 2018 | ||
| report | They were cute face emoji (?????) | Mar 15, 2018 @ 2:38am Mar 15, 2018 | ||
 | trail | Very fun track.fast and flowy. Thanks a lot ✌ | Feb 15, 2018 @ 2:23am Feb 15, 2018 |
Recent Activity
| username | action | type | title | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul508 | add | ridelog | Nov 21, 2018 ride log | Nov 22, 2018 @ 12:30am 3 hours |
 | TonyHellier | add | ridelog | Nov 21, 2018 ride log | Nov 21, 2018 @ 11:50pm 4 hours |
| Careym | add | ridelog | Nov 16, 2018 ride log | Nov 21, 2018 @ 4:27am 23 hours |
| toby132 | add | report | Hendrix and 1 more | Nov 20, 2018 @ 1:10pm 2 days |
| RNMcMahon | add | karma | Lake Mangamahoe | Nov 20, 2018 @ 12:22am 2 days |
Nearby Areas
| name | distance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Busing Forest | 5 | 1 | 3.1 km |
Local Mountain Bike Directory
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Torpedo7 New Plymouth Branch
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Mitchell Cycles
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