North Island Suggested Mountain Biking Routes

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title	trails	distance	climb	city
15 mile Skyline - Rotorua Cross-country Route	8	15 miles	1 miles	Rotorua
8 mile Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park All-Mountain Route	25	8 miles	3,754 ft	Wellington
28 mile Skyline - Rotorua Route	8	28 miles	2 miles	Rotorua
3 mile Cenntenial Reserve All-Mountain Route	8	3 miles	545 ft	Wellington
9 mile Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park Cross-country Route	22	9 miles	3,819 ft	Wellington

Suggested Routes
Race Routes

title	trails	distance	city	rank
Makara Peak Grand Loop (intermediate & advanced)mtb	10	8 miles	Wellington	1
Makara Peak Intermediate Loop (feat. Upswing and Peak Flow)mtb featured	10	7 miles	Wellington	2
Three Brothers Lower Peak Loopmtb	8	5 miles	Wellington	3
The Timber Trailmtb	0	48 miles		4
Porirua - Great Cycle Loops - Parks and Harboursmtb	1	15 miles	Porirua	5
Makara Peak Fern Loop (Koru and Lazy Fern)mtb	2	3 miles	Wellington	6
Easy Tourmtb featured	4	3 miles	Porirua	7
Totara Race Nite Course 1mtb	25	4 miles	Auckland	8
Makara Peak alternative intermediate loop from Karori Parkmtb	14	8 miles	Wellington	9
Kids and Beginners shuttles (Allington Rd to main carpark)mtb	4	2 miles	Wellington	10
Rotorua Grand XC loopmtb	9	11 miles	Rotorua	11
Planet Bike, Advanced Lake Ridemtb	13	18 miles	Rotorua	12
Whaka hills and forestmtb	20	21 miles	Rotorua	13
Advanced Mountain Bike Loop - K2, Billy T, Riff Raff, Rocky Horrormtb	37	16 miles	Rotorua	14
Intermediate Cross Country Loop - RideSpots.commtb	31	10 miles	Rotorua	15
Billy T, Roller Coaster Route - RideSpots.commtb	20	9 miles	Rotorua	16
Hot Cross Buns/Eastern Spice route - RideSpots.commtb	31	16 miles	Rotorua	17
Don't Forget Your Chopsticks Gordonmtb	16	23 miles	Rotorua	18
One Sweet Loopmtb featured	41	9 miles	New Plymouth	19
Marton Sash and Doormtb	0	11 miles		20
K2, Hot Cross Buns, Dragon's Tail, Challenge DH, Rockdrop Route - RideSpots.commtb	36	10 miles	Rotorua	21
Labyrinth Loopmtb	10	3 miles	Lower Hutt	22
Long Easy Cross Country Route - Rotoruamtb	43	13 miles	Rotorua	23
Makara Peak Out The Backmtb	16	6 miles	Wellington	24
Remutaka Cycle Trailmtb	12	88 miles	Lower Hutt	25
Rainbow Mountain Route - RideSpots.commtb	6	8 miles	Rotorua	26
Riverhead Water Tank Loopmtb	22	16 miles	Auckland	27
Advanced Mountain Bike Loop from town - RideSpots.commtb	49	22 miles	Rotorua	28
Makara Peak: South West Intermediate Loopmtb	6	4 miles	Wellington	29
Planet Bike 2hr Intermediate Loopmtb	3	1,455 ft	Rotorua	30
Black House, Advanced Trails Route - Ridespots.commtb	18	9 miles	Rotorua	31
Thomas Riverhead Loopmtb	12	9 miles	Auckland	32
Royal Routemtb	31	9 miles	Auckland	33
Spicer,Doctor,Tumeke into Blastermtb	12	4 miles	Porirua	34
Makara Peak Kids and Beginners Loopmtb	8	2 miles	Wellington	35
Taste of Woodhillmtb	41	14 miles	Auckland	36
Park Tourmtb	8	5 miles	Porirua	37
Skyline (The Full Version)mtb	42	24 miles	Wellington	38
Valley Loop Trackmtb	8	8 miles	Auckland	39
Kids Loop - Rotorua, New Zealandmtb	11	5 miles	Rotorua	40
30km Winter MTB Classic 2019mtb	12	18 miles	Rotorua	41
Riverhead XC20mtb	16	12 miles	Auckland	42
Planet Bike 3-4hr Upper Intermediate grade 3/4 Loopmtb	42	18 miles	Rotorua	43
The K Loop Classicmtb	197	12 miles	Palmerston North	44
Intermediate Cross Country Loop - Split Enz, Grinch, Pondy New, Roller Coaster - RideSpots.commtb	18	10 miles	Rotorua	45
WTP Long Dropmtb	3	3 miles	Lower Hutt	46
Planet Bike - Easy/ Beginner's Loopmtb	28	12 miles	Rotorua	47
4 Degrees/ Borderlinemtb	4	3 miles	Lower Hutt	48
Rotorua XC/Trail Ride - Mostly Grade 3mtb	67	24 miles	Rotorua	49
Slip the hard stuff into the middlemtb	23	2 miles	New Plymouth	50
AES Stage 5mtb	6	2 miles	Whangarei	51
Missing Link & Nikau Valley climbmtb	9	4 miles	Wellington	52
Cemetery Circuitmtb	15	3 miles	New Plymouth	53
2018 2W Race 1 6 Stage - AEFBDCmtb	53	24 miles	Rotorua	54
Giant Wellington PNP Spring Series 2018 rd1 Short1mtb	12	2 miles	Lower Hutt	55
Danny's Routemtb	45	22 miles	Rotorua	56
Beginner Loop - Rotorua, New Zealandmtb	12	6 miles	Rotorua	57
The Expertsmtb	35	8 miles	Auckland	58
Karapoti challengemtb	5	8 miles	Upper Hutt	59
Western Okataina Track - Epic Ride - RideSpots.commtb	1	18 miles	Rotorua	60
Family Flightmtb	68	6 miles	Palmerston North	61
Race Practicemtb	22	22 miles	New Plymouth	62
Waiu Park Easy Loopmtb	5	3 miles	Lower Hutt	63
Polhill: Windmill & Backmtb	9	7 miles	Wellington	64
Big Woodhillmtb	52	27 miles	Auckland	65
Family Flowmtb	49	6 miles	Palmerston North	66
BOBs Colonial Knobmtb	21	9 miles	Porirua	67
Morning Aftermtb	8	1 miles	Auckland	68
ACG Ridemtb	44	12 miles	Taupo	69
Kanuka Loopmtb	26	10 miles	Wellington	70
2019 NZ NISS Enduro2 - PNP Draft1mtb	6	4,846 ft	Lower Hutt	71
Some tasty tech runs - with a nasty climbmtb	19	6 miles	Wellington	72
Enduro 2019, One of the best loopsmtb	21	11 miles	Auckland	73
PLANET BIKE Grade 3 XC (2hr)mtb	15	8 miles	Rotorua	74
Mighty Midgetsmtb	5	1 miles	Palmerston North	75
Big Tall John's Big Long Loopmtb	77	15 miles	New Plymouth	76
2019 NZ NISS Enduro1 - PNP Draft1mtb	7	1 miles	Lower Hutt	77
WHAKA 100 KOM 3mtb	7	3 miles	Rotorua	78
Cyclezone Winter MTB Series - Mid Course, Event 2mtb	101	17 miles	Rotorua	79
Planet Bike 3hr Intermediate Loopmtb	28	11 miles	Rotorua	80
Spoonhill Circuitmtb	8	4 miles	Lower Hutt	81
2016 Nduro Winter Series Race 1- Long Coursemtb	52	26 miles	Rotorua	82
Enduro 2019mtb	27	11 miles	Whangarei	83
Redwoods Night Ridemtb	23	15 miles	Rotorua	84
2019 NZ NISS Enduro1 - PNP Draft2mtb	9	1 miles	Lower Hutt	85
Bull to Border Fig 8mtb	6	8 miles	Lower Hutt	86
New Polhill Loopmtb	4	4 miles	Wellington	87
Giant Wellington PNP Series rd 5 Long Loopmtb	28	6 miles	Lower Hutt	88
(UNOFFICIAL) Winter Series Mid Course 2017mtb	63	16 miles	Rotorua	89
2019 NZ NISS MTB Champs - PNP XCR Draft1mtb	25	3 miles	Lower Hutt	90
Genesis Ridemtb	90	29 miles	Rotorua	91
Native Goodness from Shuttlemtb	22	10 miles	Rotorua	92
Te Awa River Ride - Velodrome to Karapiromtb	8	8 miles	Cambridge	93
BBB Fig 8mtb	8	8 miles	Lower Hutt	94
Wgton Up Salvation down Deliverancemtb	0	3 miles	Wellington	95
2019 Tarawera 20kmmtb	1	13 miles	Rotorua	96
Petone-Belmont challengemtb	11	10 miles	Wellington	97
Polhill-Barking Emu Returnmtb	15	13 miles	Wellington	98
3D Rotorua 20km MTB Coursemtb	26	12 miles	Rotorua	99
WHAKA 100 KOM 3.1mtb	1	1 miles		100

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title	trails	distance	city	rank
Huka Challenge Steamer 2018mtb race	19	35 miles	Taupo	1
Huka Teaser 2018mtb race	8	18 miles	Taupo	2
Totara360 Lap 2019mtb race	28	5 miles	Auckland	3
XCO Repubic - The first termmtb race	3	2 miles	Rotorua	4
W6W course 2018mtb race	16	3 miles	Lower Hutt	5
Craters Classic 2019 Long Coursemtb race	23	25 miles	Taupo	6
EWS 2019 #1 - Giant Toamtb race	5	38 miles	Rotorua	7
AKSS Totara Coursemtb race	10	4 miles	Auckland	8
Porirua Grand Traverse 2019mtb race	11	18 miles	Porirua	9
Course Change Long Loop PNP Spring Series rd 5mtb race	35	9 miles	Wellington	10
Giant Wellington PNP Rd3 (Rangituhi Trails) 2018 Shortmtb race	14	4 miles	Porirua	11
Giant Wellington PNP Rd3 (Rangituhi Trails) 2018 Longmtb race	22	6 miles	Porirua	12
Giant Wellington PNP Series Rd 5 2018 - Makara Peak Short Coursemtb race	19	4 miles	Wellington	13
Xterra Long course 2018 Bike Coursemtb race	0	17 miles	Rotorua	14
Giant Wellington PNP Series Rd 5 2018 - Makara Peak Long Coursemtb race	31	8 miles	Wellington	15
Huka Challenge 2018mtb race	32	45 miles	Taupo	16
Giant Wellington PNP Spring Series 2018 rd1 Longmtb race	17	4 miles	Lower Hutt	17
Arapuke Classic 2019 - Lap 1mtb race	3	8 miles	Palmerston North	18
Arapuke Classic - Brent Boddy Prestige 35 km Lap 3mtb race	3	7 miles	Palmerston North	19
Arapuke Classic Lap 3 Optionmtb race	3	8 miles	Palmerston North	20
Lezyne Summer Cup 15km coursemtb race	8	8 miles	Rotorua	21
NZSS Champs #2mtb race	17	3 miles	Rotorua	22
2019 NZ NISS MTB Champs - PNP XC Draft1mtb race	18	3 miles	Lower Hutt	23
2018 Creek to Peakmtb race	22	8 miles	Wellington	24
NZSS Champsmtb race	15	3 miles	Rotorua	25
2019 NZ NISS Enduro2 - PNP Draft2mtb race	7	2 miles	Lower Hutt	26
CamelBak Summer Cup 3 - Rotorua 2017mtb race	49	9 miles	Rotorua	27
Masters Games 2015mtb race	0	3 miles	Whanganui	28
2015 PNP Spring Series - A,B,C Easymtb race	6	3 miles	Wellington	29
The A planmtb race	58	21 miles	Rotorua	30
Cyclezone Winter MTB Series 2016, Event 3 (short Course)mtb race	19	6 miles	Rotorua	31
Karapoti Classicmtb race	10	24 miles	Upper Hutt	32
PNP Club & College Champs 2018 XC Long Coursemtb race	28	6 miles	Lower Hutt	33
2W Enduro 3 - 1 Stages E & A to start of Dmtb race	24	14 miles	Rotorua	34
Porirua Grand Traverse 2016mtb race	11	13 miles	Porirua	35
PNP Club Champs 2018 – XC Short Coursemtb race	19	4 miles	Lower Hutt	36
Nth Island XC Champs 2019mtb race	14	3 miles	Palmerston North	37
2W Enduro 3 - 2 Start D and onto Fmtb race	10	4 miles	Rotorua	38
Colville Connectionmtb race	0	44 miles	Whitianga	39
PNP Club Champs 2018 – Super D (Hard)mtb race	7	2 miles	Lower Hutt	40
2019 XTERRA Rotorua MTBmtb race	24	17 miles	Rotorua	41
2W Enduro 3 - 3 End of Stage F and ride Stage Cmtb race	18	6 miles	Rotorua	42
Whaka 100 2016mtb race	82	61 miles	Rotorua	43
PNP Club Champs 2018 – Super D (Easy)mtb race	12	2 miles	Lower Hutt	44
Whaka 50km officialmtb race	0	32 miles	Rotorua	45
2W Enduro 3 - 4 The final stagemtb race	12	3 miles	Rotorua	46
Whaka 50 2016mtb race	48	32 miles	Rotorua	47
3D Rotorua Multisport 30km MTB Racemtb race	29	18 miles	Rotorua	48
2W Enduro - 4 stagemtb race	36	17 miles	Rotorua	49
NZSS Champs xc relaymtb race	5	4,147 ft	Rotorua	50
Whaka 25 2016mtb race	25	15 miles	Rotorua	51
AKSS 2018 Hunua Race Coursemtb race	40	5 miles	Auckland	52
GIANT Toa Enduro challengermtb race	141	38 miles	Rotorua	53
XTERRA 2016 MTB Legmtb race	42	15 miles	Rotorua	54
2018 winter series rnd1 short course unofficialmtb race	36	10 miles	Rotorua	55
2017 AKSS XC MTB Race 1 - Riverheadmtb race	0	3 miles	Auckland	56
Cyclezone Winter MTB Series 2016, Event 3 (long Course)mtb race	53	26 miles	Rotorua	57
3D Rotorua MTB 30KM Coursemtb race	33	19 miles	Rotorua	58
WhakaPrac54kmmtb race	114	36 miles	Rotorua	59
Kerikeri MTB XC 2016mtb race	18	7 miles	Kerikeri	60
(UNOFFICIAL) NDURO 2017 Winter Series Long Course Race 1 - July 2ndmtb race	0	21 miles	Rotorua	61
WHAKA100 - SHOOTOUT TTmtb race	6	1 miles	Rotorua	62
WOMEN'S 10KM FUN RIDEmtb race	5	7 miles	Rotorua	63
Cyclezone Winter MTB Series 2017, #2mtb race	106	23 miles	Rotorua	64
Cyclezone Winter MTB Series 2016, Event 3 (mid Course)mtb race	35	14 miles	Rotorua	65
Mini Gravel 2019mtb race	18	10 miles	Rotorua	66
Cyclezone Winter MTB Series - Short Course, Event 2mtb race	52	8 miles	Rotorua	67
WHAKA100 - Cowbell Coaching KOM Stage 1mtb race	11	2 miles	Rotorua	68
Giant Wellington PNP Series Rd 2 (Whareroa) Long Loop 2018mtb race	143	13 miles	Paraparaumu	69
2017 Hunua AKSS XC Race Course (Dry)mtb race	7	3 miles	Auckland	70
WHAKA100 - Cowbell Coaching KOM Stage 2mtb race	4	2 miles	Rotorua	71
Giant Wellington PNP Series rd2 Whareroa Short Loop 2018mtb race	11	4 miles	Paraparaumu	72
WHAKA 25 Official 2016mtb race	58	16 miles	Rotorua	73
WHAKA 50 Official 2016mtb race	111	32 miles	Rotorua	74
Giant Wellington PNP Spring Series Long Loop 2017mtb race	25	6 miles	Lower Hutt	75
Giant Wellington PNP Series rd 1 Short Loop 2017mtb race	0	4 miles	Lower Hutt	76
Whaka Kids 5kmmtb race	9	4 miles	Rotorua	77
Giant Wellington PNP Spring Series rd 2 Long Loopmtb race	0	7 miles	Wellington	78
Draft Giant Wellington PNP Spring Series Short Loop rd 5mtb race	21	4 miles	Lower Hutt	79
Rotorua8 -> Course option 2mtb race	20	5 miles	Rotorua	80
Giant Wellington PNP Spring Series rd 3 Long Loopmtb race	26	5 miles	Porirua	81
Camelbak Summer Cup - Event 1mtb race	18	5 miles	Palmerston North	82
Arapuke Classic 2019 - Lap 2mtb race	18	7 miles	Palmerston North	83
WHAKA100 Official 2017mtb race	181	65 miles	Rotorua	84
CamelBak Summer Cup - Tokoroamtb race	12	7 miles	Tokoroa	85
WHAKA 100 KOM 1mtb race	13	2 miles	Rotorua	86
KIDSWORX - Warrior DH racemtb race	4	3,607 ft	Rotorua	87
WHAKA 100 KOM 2mtb race	10	3 miles	Rotorua	88
WHAKA 25 2017 Unofficialmtb race	50	16 miles	Rotorua	89
KIDSWORX - Hipster DH Coursemtb race	6	2,779 ft	Rotorua	90
Giant Wellington PNP Spring Series rd 4 Long Loop optionmtb race	180	15 miles	Paraparaumu	91
CamelBak Summer Cup 3 - Rotorua (Mid & Long Course)mtb race	61	12 miles	Rotorua	92
Giant Wellington PNP Series rd 5 Short Loopmtb race	25	3 miles	Lower Hutt	93
KIDSWORX - Hipster DH event 2017mtb race	6	4,073 ft	Rotorua	94
NZSS Champs XCO 2018mtb race	19	4 miles	Rotorua	95
NZSS Downhillmtb race	6	1 miles	Rotorua	96
Pack&Pedal Summer Series Longmtb race	29	9 miles	Taupo	97
Dooms Daymtb race	138	58 miles	Rotorua	98
EWS #1 2015 Giant TOA Enduro - Part 1mtb race	15	25 miles	Rotorua	99
Giant Toa EWS 2017mtb race	57	23 miles	Rotorua	100

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