3,907 ft
Distance
37 ft
Climb
-234 ft
Descent
00:05:16
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Supporters, Builders, Maintainers & Land Managers of Challenge Roadside Trail
Rotorua Trails TrustMaintainer
Challenge Roadside Details
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Activities
- Mountain Bike
- E-Bike
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Riding AreaWhakarewarewa Forest
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Difficulty Rating
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Voted DifficultyBlue (2 votes)
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Trail TypeSingletrack
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DirectionDownhill Only
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Dogs AllowedYes
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eBike AllowedYes up to Class 1
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TTFs on TrailBerm, Jump
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Local Popularity90 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 90 in E-Biking
The Club’s brief for the extensive rebuild of the trail was to retain the shape, length and the style of the original as much as possible. While following the original line it now features a lot more berms, rollers and jumps (all safely table-topped) while still retaining the flowing nature of the original.
The trail is very popular with riders of all abilities. The jumps are designed to be safe to roll over at slow speed, but as rider's speed increases so does their ability to clear the tabletops.
source: Ride Rotorua
Access Info
Entrance to all the Challenge Block trails (Challenge, Challenge Roadside, Down the Guts, and Boulderdash) is from the high point of Radio Hut Rd.
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Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Challenge Roadside mountain bike trail trail
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Altitude change-196 ft
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Altitude min1,133 ft
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Altitude max1,335 ft
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Altitude start1,332 ft
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Altitude end1,135 ft
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Grade-5%
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Grade max-21.7%
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Grade min12%
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Distance climb715 ft
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Distance down2,352 ft
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Distance flat833 ft
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Avg time00:05:16
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Avg reverse time00:09:08
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Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail
Past Week
- 11 rides
- 10 miles avg distance
6 Months
- 251 rides
- 14 miles avg distance
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- 2,200 rides
- Last: Jul 19, 2025
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