1,509 ft
Distance
40 ft
Climb
-267 ft
Descent
00:04:14
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4 The Hell of It Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
  • Riding Area
    Matipo Park
    Whanganui
  • Difficulty Rating
    Advanced rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC
  • Direction
    Downhill Only
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  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes up to Class 1
  • Ride in Rain
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #160758 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    50 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in E-Biking

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4 The Hell of It is a 460 m moderately popular advanced singletrack trail located near Whanganui. This mountain bike primary trail can be used downhill only. On average it takes 4 minutes to complete this trail.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for 4 The Hell of It mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -227 ft
  • Altitude min
    163 ft
  • Altitude max
    397 ft
  • Altitude start
    397 ft
  • Altitude end
    170 ft
  • Grade
    -15.042%
  • Grade max
    -49.273%
  • Grade min
    24.542%
  • Distance climb
    258 ft
  • Distance down
    1,195 ft
  • Distance flat
    56 ft
  • Avg time
    00:04:14
  • Avg reverse time
    00:36:39
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      4 The Hell of It Trail Reports

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      Jan 9, 2022 @ 4:39pm
      Jan 9, 2022
      		 Very hard to follow the trail as it is so overgrown and disused. Just needs a touch-up and will be good again.
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      • 6 miles avg distance
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      • Last: Feb 26, 2025

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