Name: Nelson
Rating: 4.2

Top of the south island city, famous for steep hills and rough natural terrrain.

Region Details

Open on 2 days

Local Trail Association

NMTBC (nelsonmtb.club)

Donate Trail Karma

Stats

Avg Trail Rating

Global Ranking

#68

Trails

128

Total Distance

177 miles

Total Descent Distance

105 miles

Total Descent

121,050 ft

Highest Trailhead

3,612 ft

Total Vertical

3,543 ft

Reports

660

Photos

258

Ridden Counter

9,132

Sub Regions

Codgers
- 5
- 14
- 1
Open on 2 days
Dun Mountain
- 2
- 2
Caution on Aug 8, 2018
Maitai Valley
- 6
- 1
- 8
- 2
Open on Aug 8, 2018
Sharlands
- 1
- 7
- 2
- 2
- 1
Caution on Aug 9, 2018
Wairoa Gorge
Open on May 13, 2018
Wairoa Gorge Bike Park
- 1
- 9
- 49
- 15
- 4
Open on Jul 27, 2018

Popular Nelson Mountain Bike Trails

status	title	region	difficulty	rating
	Jacks Track (lower)	Codgers
	Firball	Codgers
	Firball Climb	Codgers
	Turners	Maitai Valley
	Crazy Horse	Codgers
	Pipeline	Codgers
	Hulk'n Hogan	Codgers
	Dun Mountain Trail	Dun Mountain
	Take Me To Your Leader	Maitai Valley
	Tu Meke	Codgers
	Involution	Nelson
	Young Codgers	Codgers

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Recent Trail Reports

trail	region	date
Tasman Journeys	Codgers	Aug 11, 2018 @ 3:26pm 2 days
Jacks Track (lower)	Codgers	Aug 11, 2018 @ 3:26pm 2 days
Widdershins	Nelson	Aug 10, 2018 @ 7:13pm Aug 10, 2018
Involution	Nelson	Aug 10, 2018 @ 7:13pm Aug 10, 2018
Barnicoat forestry road to widdershins	Nelson	Aug 10, 2018 @ 7:13pm Aug 10, 2018

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Current Trail Warnings

trail	region	date	info
P51	Codgers	Aug 8, 2018 @ 6:29pm Aug 8, 2018	Closed due to weather. Will open when it...
Turners	Maitai Valley	Aug 8, 2018 @ 6:28pm Aug 8, 2018	Closed for rebuild
Pipalini	Codgers	May 24, 2018 @ 7:20pm May 24, 2018

Photos of Nelson Mountain Bike

trail: Keyboard Warrior

16 |

Aug 9, 2018 @ 12:24am

Aug 9, 2018

Keyboard Warrior, Nelson

trail: Convolution

10 |

Jul 14, 2018 @ 6:19pm

Jul 14, 2018

Convolution, My City

trail: Involution

30 |

Jul 1, 2018 @ 4:49pm

Jul 1, 2018

Involution, Christchurch

trail: Peaking Ridge

22 |

Jul 1, 2018 @ 4:49pm

Jul 1, 2018

Peaking Ridge, Christchurch

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Videos of Nelson Mountain Bike

Nelson Mountain Bike Routes

title	rating	distance
Dun Mountain, Little Twin, Dew Lakes		27 miles
Peaking Ridge loop from Nelson		18 miles
Coppermine 2017 race		24 miles
Coppermine Epic 2017 race		24 miles

Recent Comments

username	type	title	comment	date
Smitho25	report	Dun Mountain Trail	Maitai Caves	Jul 23, 2018 @ 7:44pm Jul 23, 2018
appfreak76	trail	Deadly Viper Assassination Squad (DiVAS)	Best trail in Nelson, so much flow and so much...	Jul 2, 2018 @ 3:08am Jul 2, 2018
psalm1604	trail	Maungatapu Track	Is this track able to connect to Dun Mountain...	Jun 20, 2018 @ 12:11am Jun 20, 2018
Juliemagic	trail	Scottwood Wiggles	The ‘said’ trees have been cleared by...	Apr 20, 2018 @ 11:20pm Apr 20, 2018
Juliemagic	trail	Scottwood Wiggles	6-8 pine trees down on top entry section,...	Apr 14, 2018 @ 12:56pm Apr 14, 2018

username	action	type	title	date
varstar22	add	ridelog	Mar 15, 2018 ride log	Aug 13, 2018 @ 2:08am 21 hours
varstar22	add	ridelog	Mar 18, 2018 ride log	Aug 13, 2018 @ 2:06am 21 hours
varstar22	add	ridelog	Mar 20, 2018 ride log	Aug 13, 2018 @ 2:06am 21 hours
varstar22	add	ridelog	Mar 14, 2018 ride log	Aug 13, 2018 @ 1:50am 22 hours
1outdoors1	add	ridelog	Aug 12, 2018 ride log	Aug 13, 2018 @ 1:32am 22 hours