2 miles
Distance
579 ft
Climb
-59 ft
Descent
00:16:10
Avg time

Aratihi Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park
    Wellington
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC
  • Trail Usage
    Biking Primary
  • Direction
    Uphill Only
    Popular direction shown
  • Climb Difficulty
    Blue
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes
  • TTFs on Trail
    Bridge
  • Ride in Rain
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #12501 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    85 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 65 in Hiking
  • Land Manager
    Wellington City Council

Moderate gradient climbing track from the end of Missing Link to the Summit and part of the Grand Loop network of tracks. The first 1/3 of the track is the steepest before becoming gentler over the last 2/3.

The main intermediate grade climb to the summit, via Upswing and the Wild at Heart suspension bridge joins Aratihi about 2/3 of the way up the climb.

Built by Makara Peak volunteers from 2003-2006, a short section of new single track was built in 2019 by TGL and funded by WCC that bypasses the final pinch climb up the 4WD track to the summit.

More Stats for Aratihi bike trail
  • Altitude change
    520 ft
  • Altitude min
    781 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,304 ft
  • Altitude start
    784 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,302 ft
  • Grade
    6.4%
  • Grade max
    -26.7%
  • Grade min
    42.6%
  • Distance climb
    1 miles
  • Distance down
    1,129 ft
  • Distance flat
    745 ft
  • Avg time
    00:16:10
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Status:
on Oct 12, 2019
Dry
Avg: 4.3 (10 votes)

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  • Icy
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  • Closed

  • Land Owner Overlay
  • Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
  • BLM (public)
  • USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
  • State land
  • Indigenous
  • Military
Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Groomed
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
  • Map Markers
  • trail Trail Head
  • photo Photo
  • place Directory Listing
  • region Riding Area
  • TTF TTF
  • Parking Parking
  • Viewpoint Viewpoint
  • Information Information
  • Warning Warning
  • Directions Directions
  • Sight Sight
  • Restrooms Restrooms
  • eBike Charging Point eBike Charging Point
  • Water Fountain/Source Water Fountain/Source
  • Gate Gate
  • Trail Sign Trail Sign
  • Table or Bench Table or Bench
  • Ladder Ladder
  • Stairs Stairs
  • Bridge Bridge
  • Camping Camping
  • Cabin Cabin
  • Lodge Lodge
  • Bear Cache Bear Cache
  • Dock Dock
  • Ranger Station Ranger Station
  • Summit Summit
  • Other Other
      Directions to aratihi trailhead (-41.296090, 174.706640)
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      Aratihi Trail Reports

      statusdatedescription
      Oct 12, 2019 @ 2:21pm
      Oct 12, 2019
      Sep 27, 2019 @ 1:22pm
      Sep 27, 2019
      Sep 17, 2019 @ 7:16pm
      Sep 17, 2019
      		 The flax bush has been moved!
      Sep 16, 2019 @ 4:57pm
      Sep 16, 2019
      		 Large flax bush on the track about 300m from the last junction (with Tower 16 connector) - too big for one person to move without tools. Can be...
      Aug 24, 2019 @ 4:59pm
      Aug 24, 2019
      		 Wet in quite a few parts where resurfacing work done.
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 22 rides
      • 11 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 455 rides
      • 13 miles avg distance
      All
      • 2,421 rides
      •  

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      Routes with this trail

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      		8 miles
      Makara Peak: South West Intermediate Loop
      		4 miles
      Makara Peak Out The Back
      		6 miles
      Missing Link & Nikau Valley climb
      		4 miles

      1 Review & Comments

      • + 0
      flag Jam-nz (Jan 9, 2018 at 1:55)
       Dry and a few ruts. Still good.
      [Reply]

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