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SaveYou require a Nelson Mountain Bike Club Membership to ride in this area.
Sharlands forestry area has a wide variety of hand-built trails through forestry and native plantation with everything from a technical single track, steep loamy descents, and national level DH tracks. Forestry roads link the network for the gravel grinders. A great all-weather riding area.
Sharlands forestry area has a wide variety of hand-built trails through forestry and native plantation with everything from a technical single track, steep loamy descents, and national level DH tracks. Forestry roads link the network for the gravel grinders. A great all-weather riding area.
google parking directions Access Info:
The gate has two parts; A high gate and a low gate. You can enter when the high is open and the low gate is closed with a permit (NMTBC membership; https://nelsonmtb.club/)
Activities Click to view
- Mountain Bike
36 trails
- E-Bike
3 trails
- Hike
28 trails
- Trail Running
28 trails
Region Details
- 17
- 2
- 3
- 7
- 4
Region Status
Caution as of 1 day
Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 36
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 36
- Trails E-Bike
- 3
- Trails Hike
- 28
- Trails Trail Running
- 28
- Total Distance
- 45 miles
- Total Descent
- 14,670 ft
- Total Vertical
- 1,767 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 1,871 ft
- Reports
- 1,417
- Photos
- 267
- Ridden Counter
- 7,547
Popular Waitarake/Sharlands Mountain Biking Trails
Waitarake/Sharlands Mountain Bike Routes
| title | rating | distance |
|---|---|---|
| A Trip Through Nelson | 50 miles | |
| 15 mile Sharlands Ride | popular ridelog | 15 miles |
| 18 mile Sharlands Ride | popular ridelog | 18 miles |
| 2 mile Sharlands All-Mountain Ride | popular ridelog | 2 miles |
| 11 mile Sharlands All-Mountain Ride | popular ridelog | 11 miles |
| 7 mile Sharlands Ride | popular ridelog | 7 miles |
| 11 mile Sharlands All-Mountain Ride | popular ridelog | 11 miles |
| 9 mile Sharlands Ride | popular ridelog | 9 miles |
| 8 mile Sharlands Ride | popular ridelog | 8 miles |
| 9 mile Sharlands Ride | popular ridelog | 9 miles |
Photos of Waitarake/Sharlands Mountain Bike
trail: Sharlands Road
4 |
Jun 16, 2024 @ 2:10pm
Jun 16, 2024
trail: Aorere
54 |
Oct 29, 2023 @ 1:52am
Oct 29, 2023
trail: Supplejack
30 |
Sep 9, 2023 @ 12:32am
Sep 9, 2023
trail: Putakari
28 |
Jun 22, 2023 @ 1:04pm
Jun 22, 2023
trail: Putakari
19 |
Jun 22, 2023 @ 1:04pm
Jun 22, 2023
trail: Aorere
166 |
Apr 5, 2021 @ 12:07am
Apr 5, 2021
trail: Kaka
117 |
Apr 5, 2021 @ 12:07am
Apr 5, 2021
trail: Putakari
57 |
Oct 10, 2020 @ 1:53am
Oct 10, 2020Videos of Waitarake/Sharlands Mountain Bike
trail: Mr Chomper
0:00 |
524 |
Dec 18, 2017
trail: Maitai Face (full)
2:53 |
211 |
Dec 18, 2017
trail: Sharlands Creek
0:50 |
30517 |
Aug 26, 2017
trail: Putakari
3:41 |
1374 |
Apr 22, 2017
trail: Broken Axe
5:03 |
424 |
Jul 17, 2016
trail: Maitai Face (full)
5:53 |
253 |
Jul 17, 2016
trail: Kaka
3:45 |
958 |
Feb 12, 2016
trail: Broken Axe
0:42 |
412 |
Jul 19, 2015
Recent Trail Reports
| status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aorere | Oct 14, 2024 @ 8:50pm 1 day | Ideal | thejenningsnz | ||
| Keyboard Warrior | Oct 14, 2024 @ 8:49pm 1 day | Ideal | thejenningsnz | ||
| Scottwood Wiggles | Sep 28, 2024 @ 3:09pm Sep 28, 2024 | Variable | PierreRWnXAv | ||
| Wiggles Climb | Sep 28, 2024 @ 3:09pm Sep 28, 2024 | Dry | PierreRWnXAv | ||
| Putakari | Sep 23, 2024 @ 1:37pm Sep 23, 2024 | Variable | Love4riding WGTV | ||
| Maitai Face Road | Sep 19, 2024 @ 4:51pm Sep 19, 2024 | Wet | milner0357 | ||
| Kaka | Sep 10, 2024 @ 9:11am Sep 10, 2024 | Variable | Love4riding WGTV | ||
| Kaka Trig Road | Sep 10, 2024 @ 9:11am Sep 10, 2024 | Ideal | Love4riding WGTV | ||
| Kaka Road | Sep 10, 2024 @ 9:11am Sep 10, 2024 | Ideal | Love4riding WGTV | ||
| Sharlands Road | Sep 7, 2024 @ 1:16pm Sep 7, 2024 | Ideal | Love4riding WGTV |
Activity Feed
| username | action | type | title | date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| thejenningsnz | add | report | activity #60503234 and 1 more | Oct 14, 2024 @ 8:49pm 1 day |
| NZFozzy | add | report | activity #60138603 | Oct 7, 2024 @ 5:21pm Oct 7, 2024 |
| SigiMuirhead | ridden | trail | activity #59924538 | Oct 4, 2024 @ 1:10am Oct 4, 2024 |
| PierreRWnXAv | add | report | activity #59586326 and 1 more | Sep 28, 2024 @ 12:21am Sep 28, 2024 |
| Love4riding | add | report | activity #59388495 | Sep 23, 2024 @ 3:46pm Sep 23, 2024 |
Recent Comments
| username | type | title | comment | date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trail | Not open from the top, take the last signed... | Jun 17, 2024 @ 10:14pm Jun 17, 2024 | ||
| report | There is 2 big slips half way along thr trail.... | Jun 14, 2024 @ 5:13pm Jun 14, 2024 | ||
| trail | Tried to ride this yesterday, top section to... | Jun 1, 2024 @ 1:03pm Jun 1, 2024 | ||
| trail | Running sweet. I cleared the stabby fallen... | Jan 17, 2024 @ 12:46am Jan 17, 2024 | ||
| trail | Lower Matai has two large slips over it.... | Jan 4, 2024 @ 7:49pm Jan 4, 2024 |
Nearby Areas
| name | distance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Koata Park (formerly Maitai-Codgers) | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2.1 km | |
| Codgers | 4 | 2.5 km | |||
| Coppermine | 2 | 3 km | |||
| Fringed Hill Nelson | 3 | 9 | 3.2 km | ||
| Marsden Valley | 2 | 4 | 6.4 km |
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Activity Type Stats
| activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Bike | 36 | 45 miles | 14,669 ft | 21 miles | 1,768 ft | #1,371 | #54 | 265 | 1,416 | 1 | 6,814 | |
| E-Bike | 3 | 3 miles | 1,158 ft | 2 miles | 873 ft | #199 | 895 | 570 | ||||
| Hike | 28 | 40 miles | 8,091 ft | 17 miles | 1,752 ft | #2,002 | #53 | 1,189 | 32 | |||
| Trail Running | 28 | 40 miles | 8,091 ft | 17 miles | 1,752 ft | #2,008 | #53 | 2 | 1,189 | 93 |
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