1,390 ft
Distance
72 ft
Climb
-54 ft
Descent
00:02:51
Avg time

Bull-A-Varde Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Belmont Regional Park
    Lower Hutt
  • Difficulty Rating
    Green rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    DH, AM, XC
  • Trail Usage
    Multi-use
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Climb Difficulty
    Green
  • Physical Rating
    Easy
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • Season
    All year
  • Family Friendly
    Yes
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes
  • Ride in Rain
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #35239 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    70 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 40 in E-Biking
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking
  • Land Manager
    Greater Wellington Regional Council

Bull-A-Varde is a short single track connecting Old Coach Road with Bull Run and Sweetacres

Access Info

Bull-A-Varde is accessed off the eastern end of Old Coach road. There are 3 ways to get there.

Hill Road car park. From the too of Hill road in Belmont Regional park, ride up the metalled farm track to the farm house. Just past the farm house on your left is an old concrete WWII ammunition bunker. This is the the park entrance to Old Coach road.

Stratton street car park. At the end of of Stratton street ride through the farm gate, past the wool shed and on up the steep farm track to Old Coach road. This is also where Borderline finishes.

The end of Normandale road. Turn left where Normandale road and Sweetacres drive join and travel to the end of the road. Old Coach road begins at the end.

More Stats for Bull-A-Varde bike trail
  • Altitude change
    17 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,128 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,175 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,149 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,166 ft
  • Grade
    1.227%
  • Grade max
    -37.851%
  • Grade min
    21.833%
  • Distance climb
    639 ft
  • Distance down
    448 ft
  • Distance flat
    303 ft
  • Avg time
    00:02:51
  • Avg reverse time
    00:02:22
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on Aug 24, 2019
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Avg: 3 (2 votes)

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  • Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
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  • State land
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  • Icy
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  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Dry
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  • Ladder Ladder
  • Stairs Stairs
  • Bridge Bridge
  • Camping Camping
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  • Bear Cache Bear Cache
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  • Ranger Station Ranger Station
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      Bull-A-Varde Trail Reports

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      Aug 24, 2019 @ 6:12pm
      Aug 24, 2019
      Jan 14, 2019 @ 5:07pm
      Jan 14, 2019
      Oct 20, 2018 @ 2:08pm
      Oct 20, 2018
      Jul 27, 2018 @ 3:49pm
      Jul 27, 2018
      		 All good
      Dec 29, 2017 @ 6:25pm
      Dec 29, 2017
      		 Nice. Had a haircut relatively recently by the looks of it.
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 10 rides
      • 9 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 151 rides
      • 9 miles avg distance
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      • 386 rides
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