Living Springs Mountain Biking Trails

Welcome to the Living Springs XC Mountain bike Trails. This map shows the 6 km of purpose built mountain bike trails on the lower loop, as well as the other trials in the area that are open to mountain biking. This trail network is open to the general public to ride but keep in mind that you ride at your own risk. Thanks to Living Springs for making this land available.

Trail network history

Building the trail network at Living Springs began during autumn 2006. The Huxster club, interested in creating a new club XC course, obtained permission from Living Springs to build trails in their forests and Craig & Rebekah took on the role of planning and overseeing the trailbuilding. After 4 years, 113 dig sessions, 160 local riders, and 2500 hours of volunteer labour the Lower Loop was finished. A start was made on the Upper Loop in 2010 and a few hundred metres of track was built through difficult terrain when the February 2011 earthquake struck and loosened rock above the trail. Following heavy rain in Oct 2011 there was a significant rockfall and landslide in the gully where we were building and work has been put on hold.

Restricted use

Please respect any closed signs on these trails. Some trails, particularly Zane’s, get very slippery when wet and take a few days to dry out and therefore need to be ridden with extreme caution. Please avoid riding any trails if conditions are so wet that riding will cause damage to the trail or make it challenging to you.