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This trail is planned
1.3 miles
Distance
171 ft
Climb
-740 ft
Descent
00:12:00
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  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
  • Riding Area
    Christchurch Adventure Park
    Christchurch
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Trail Type
    Machine Groomed
  • Bike Type
    DH, AM, DJ
  • Direction
    Downhill Only
    Popular direction shown
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes up to Class 1
  • TTFs on Trail
    Berm, Jump, Gap Jump
  • Local Popularity
    5 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in E-Biking
  • Land Owner
    Christchurch Adventure Park

The first and only one of it’s kind in the Southern Hemisphere. Airtearoa is an almost 6km long action packed jump trail that will have your wheels leaving the ground more times than Richard Branson's jet.

Bike Park

Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Airtearoa (Lower Half) mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -571 ft
  • Altitude min
    104 ft
  • Altitude max
    675 ft
  • Altitude start
    675 ft
  • Altitude end
    104 ft
  • Grade
    -8.2%
  • Grade max
    -39.54%
  • Grade min
    19.943%
  • Distance climb
    1,880 ft
  • Distance down
    4,698 ft
  • Distance flat
    380 ft
  • Avg time
    00:12:00
  • Avg reverse time
    08:18:37
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on Jun 10, 2019
Avg: 4.5 (6 votes)
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      Airtearoa (Lower... Trail Reports

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      Jun 10, 2019 @ 3:02am
      Jun 10, 2019
      		Closed untill Futher notice due to the port hills fire in 2017
      May 11, 2019 @ 1:56am
      May 11, 2019
      		 The bottom two jumps are open for sessioning-however the rest of the trail remains closed
      Mar 21, 2018 @ 3:28am
      Mar 21, 2018
      		 Closed
      Mar 10, 2017 @ 2:15am
      Mar 10, 2017
      Mar 9, 2017 @ 6:08pm
      Mar 9, 2017
      		 Closed to further notice due to fire damage
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      • Last: Mar 13, 2020

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      Mar 11, 2018 @ 12:44am
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      Airteroa
      524 | Apr 20, 2017 , Christchurch
      Airtearoa bottom
      4:44 | 118 | Feb 11, 2017 , Christchurch
      Airtearoa 3
      1:16 | 62 | Jan 28, 2017 , Christchurch

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