A great introduction to the park for everyone.
Starting from Kahuterawa Rd car park head up the road and across Black Bridge into Back Track, climb steadily for a kilometer or so till you see the entrance to Pupu Rahi on your left, use the turn bay to make the turn easier.
Pupu Rahi climbs at a 4-5% gradient, starting in the native bush before winding through the new forest, at the top head through the culvert (big concrete pipe) to the lower trail hub. Pupu Rahi is an uphill mtb trail but is shared use so you may encounter walkers.
Straight across ZigZag road from the lower trail hub Checkpoint Charlie starts, once again climbing at a 4-5% gradient making for a pleasant ride up. Checkpoint Charlie meets up with the Start of Jack and the Beanstalk to continue the climb to the top of the park, crossing Farside Rd Jack and the Beanstalk continues to climb till you reach Arapuke Rd, there is a well positioned seat here to take a breather on before the descent begins.
Head up the hill from the seat on Arapuke Rd for 50m or so and you will see the entrance to About Time on your right, follow About Time down the valley till the bottom where it joins Ice Breaker for a short easy climb up past the dam back to Arapuke Rd. Cross Arapuke Rd when you get to where Riff Raff starts and head into Rhythm and Vines. This trail swoops back down the hill all the way to Back track, some of the lower berms can be a bit greasy when wet so take care, once you reach Back Track turn right and roll back down to Black Bridge and the Kahuterawa Rd car park.
52 Reviews & Comments
-
+ 1























Trails in Route
3,015 ft | |||||
3,999 ft | |||||
138 ft | |||||
49 ft | |||||
2,280 ft | |||||
3,232 ft | |||||
413 ft | |||||
5,213 ft | |||||
2,556 ft | |||||
69 ft | |||||
2 miles | |||||
1,047 ft |
Details
-
Riding area
-
Primary ActivityMountain Bike
-
Difficulty ratingBlue
-
Route TypeLoop
-
Bike typeAM, XC, Fat
-
DirectionOne Direction
-
Ridelogs
More Stats for Family Flow mountain bike route
-
Altitude min552 ft
-
Altitude start552 ft
-
Altitude end561 ft
-
Grade max-61.7%
-
Grade min51.8%
-
Distance climb3 miles
-
Distance down2 miles
-
Distance flat5,089 ft
- Unknown
- Snow Groomed
- Snow Packed
- Snow Covered
- Snow Cover Inadequate
- Freeze/thaw Cycle
- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Ideal
- Dry
- Very Dry
The colour categories are based on what percentage of riders are riding a trail in its intended direction.
- > 96%
- > 90%
- > 80%
- > 70%
- > 50%
- < 50%
- bi-directional trail
- no data
- < 2 days
- < 1 week
- < 2 weeks
- < 1 month
- < 6 months
- > 6 months
- Downhill Only
- Downhill Primary
- Both Directions
- Uphill Primary
- Uphill Only
- One Direction
- Description
- Photos
- Description & Photos
- Videos
- most popular
- popular
- less popular
- not popular
- mountain biking recent
- mountain biking (>6 month)
- hiking (1 year)
- moto (1 year)
- Downhill Ski
- Backcountry Ski
- Nordic Ski
- Snowmobile
Save the current map location and zoom level as your default home location whenever this page is loaded.
SavePhotos
Videos


Recent Trail Reports Along Route
- By dirtologist
MMBC & contributors
- #5124 - 2,320 views