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
Rotorua -
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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Global Ranking
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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.
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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- Unknown
- Snow Groomed
- Snow Packed
- Snow Covered
- Snow Cover Partial
- Freeze/thaw Cycle
- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Ideal
- Dry
- Very Dry
The colour categories are based on what percentage of riders are riding a trail in its intended direction.
- > 96%
- > 90%
- > 80%
- > 70%
- > 50%
- < 50%
- bi-directional trail
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- < 2 days
- < 1 week
- < 2 weeks
- < 1 month
- < 6 months
- > 6 months
- Downhill Only
- Downhill Primary
- Both Directions
- Uphill Primary
- Uphill Only
- One Direction
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- mountain biking recent
- mountain biking (>6 month)
- hiking (1 year)
- moto (1 year)
- Downhill Ski
- Backcountry Ski
- Nordic Ski
- Snowmobile
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Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail
- 11 rides
- 10 miles avg distance
- 251 rides
- 14 miles avg distance
- 2,200 rides
- Last: Jul 19, 2025
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