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1.7 miles
Distance
17 ft
Climb
-759 ft
Descent
00:08:22
Avg time

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  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
  • Riding Area
  • Difficulty Rating
  • Voted Difficulty
    Black Diamond (1 vote)
  • Trail Type
    Machine Groomed
  • Bike Type
    DH
  • Direction
    Downhill Only
    Popular direction shown
  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes up to Class 1
  • TTFs on Trail
    Berm, Drop, Jump
  • Global Ranking
    #19489 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #32206 in E-Biking
  • Local Popularity
    5 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in E-Biking

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 (Upper Half) mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -741 ft
  • Altitude min
    728 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,470 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,470 ft
  • Altitude end
    728 ft
  • Grade
    -8.1%
  • Grade max
    -31.5%
  • Grade min
    17.4%
  • Distance climb
    764 ft
  • Distance down
    2 miles
  • Distance flat
    417 ft
  • Avg time
    00:08:22
  • Avg reverse time
    00:15:14
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on Feb 19, 2021
Dry
Avg: 4.16 (13 votes)
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      Airtearoa (Upper... Trail Reports

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      Feb 19, 2021 @ 9:57pm
      Feb 19, 2021
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      Nov 5, 2019 @ 12:30am
      Nov 5, 2019
      Lower section is back open! Still pretty rutted out in places though, especially the right hander after the moonbooter.
      May 11, 2019 @ 1:50am
      May 11, 2019
      Runs great if there’s no wind, otherwise give it a miss
      Sep 28, 2018 @ 6:07pm
      Sep 28, 2018
      Aug 31, 2018 @ 7:11pm
      Aug 31, 2018
      Upper half open when dry and not too windy, Lower half will be rebuilt this spring.
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      • Last: Jul 9, 2024

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