1,470 ft
Distance
17 ft
Climb
-146 ft
Descent
00:03:26
Avg time

491 Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Wainuiomata Trail Park (WTP)
    Lower Hutt
  • Difficulty Rating
    Advanced rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Black Diamond (4 votes)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    DH, AM, XC
  • Direction
    Downhill Primary
    Popular direction shown
  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • Season
    All year
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes up to Class 1
  • TTFs on Trail
    Drop, Jump, Rock Face
  • Ride in Rain
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #4289 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #3171 in E-Biking
    • #50361 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    95 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 90 in E-Biking
    • 55 in Trail Running
    • 60 in Hiking

491 is an alternative to Spoonhill. Both are technical DH trails but 491 can be ridden in the wet. 491 meets up with Spoonhill after about 500 meters. The trail has quite a few drop offs, is quite rooty in places and several of the drops are quite rutted (so can be railed easily).

When joined back with Spoonhill trail be sure to take the Nga Tuna turn off on the right otherwise you'll have to complete all of Spoon hill and then ride back to the Wiau carpark. It's not far though.

source: WTP 491 trail info
Access Info

Access to 491 is off the Spoonhill trail. Approximately 150 m in turn left and your on it. Spoon hill is accessed at the junction between Labyrinth and Towai Traverse. Or you can ride up the ENCZ 4x4 access road and take the turn off to the third pylon.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for 491 mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -129 ft
  • Altitude min
    715 ft
  • Altitude max
    860 ft
  • Altitude start
    843 ft
  • Altitude end
    715 ft
  • Grade
    -8.8%
  • Grade max
    -41.6%
  • Grade min
    16.7%
  • Distance climb
    177 ft
  • Distance down
    1,132 ft
  • Distance flat
    161 ft
  • Avg time
    00:03:26
  • Avg reverse time
    00:03:41
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on Dec 28, 2024
Ideal
Avg: 4.43 (17 votes)
Your vote: 0

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      491 Trail Reports

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      Dec 28, 2024 @ 2:35pm
      Dec 28, 2024
      		 All good bro
      Sep 21, 2024 @ 11:48am
      Sep 21, 2024
      		 Slippery on the clay
      May 4, 2024 @ 8:37pm
      May 4, 2024
      		 Dry on the north facing sections, moist in other areas. Not the steepest G5 but masses of roots, and where there aren’t roots there’s rock and...
      Nov 5, 2023 @ 12:13pm
      Nov 5, 2023
      Dec 28, 2022 @ 3:22am
      Dec 28, 2022
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 2 rides
      • 15.6 km avg distance
      6 Months
      • 22 rides
      • 15.9 km avg distance
      All
      • 674 rides
      • Last: Jan 19, 2025

      Technical Trail Features (TTF)

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      Jun 24, 2017 @ 6:18pm
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      Jun 24, 2017 @ 6:18pm
      Jun 24, 2017
      184 |
      Jun 27, 2014 @ 2:33am
      Jun 27, 2014
      107 |
      Jun 23, 2017 @ 12:25am
      Jun 23, 2017

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