Name: Aratihi
Rating: 4.3

Mountain Bike

2 miles

Distance

579 ft

Climb

-59 ft

Descent

00:18:27

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 [+]
- 40 in Trail Running
- 5 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.

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More Stats for Aratihi mountain bike trail 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 mile
Distance down

1,129 ft
Distance flat

745 ft
Avg time

00:18:27
Avg reverse time

00:15:51
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Status:

on Jan 8, 2021

Ideal

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Trail Difficulties

Access Road/Trail
White
Green
Blue
Black
Double Black Diamond

Trail Report Status

Clear / Green
Minor Issue / Yellow
Significant Issue / Amber
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
Ideal
Dry
Very Dry

Past Week

27 rides
14 miles avg distance

6 Months

403 rides
14 miles avg distance

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Routes with this trail

title	rating	distance
Makara Peak Grand Loop (intermediate & advanced)		8 miles
Makara Peak Out The Back		6 miles
Makara running route		5 miles
Makara Peak: South West Intermediate Loop		4 miles

1 Review & Comments

Score Time

Jam-nz (Jan 9, 2018 at 1:55)

Dry and a few ruts. Still good.

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status	date	description
	Jan 8, 2021 @ 3:58pm Jan 8, 2021
	Nov 30, 2020 @ 7:38pm Nov 30, 2020
	Oct 3, 2020 @ 8:07pm Oct 3, 2020
	Sep 25, 2020 @ 5:53pm Sep 25, 2020
	Aug 5, 2020 @ 7:11pm Aug 5, 2020	Track wear has created a couple of technical features.

Aratihi