1,169 ft
Distance
2 ft
Climb
-25 ft
Descent
00:02:05
Avg time

Down The Guts Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
  • Riding Area
    Whakarewarewa Forest
    Rotorua
  • Difficulty Rating
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  • Voted Difficulty
    Blue (1 vote)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Direction
    Downhill Only
    Popular direction shown
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes up to Class 1
  • Global Ranking
    #4498 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #1140 in E-Biking
  • Local Popularity
    70 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 75 in E-Biking

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Down The Guts is a 356 m popular advanced singletrack trail located near Rotorua. This mountain bike primary trail can be used downhill only. On average it takes 2 minutes to complete this trail.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Down The Guts mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -23 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,174 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,198 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,198 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,174 ft
  • Grade
    -1.984%
  • Grade max
    -6.811%
  • Grade min
    0.472%
  • Distance climb
    28 ft
  • Distance down
    789 ft
  • Distance flat
    353 ft
  • Avg time
    00:02:05
  • Avg reverse time
    00:05:32
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on Feb 14, 2023
Dry
Avg: 3.65 (15 votes)
Your vote: 0

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      Down The Guts Trail Reports

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      Feb 14, 2023 @ 1:05pm
      Feb 14, 2023
      		 reporter Trees cleared. Track reopened CK/AF
      Feb 13, 2023 @ 10:02pm
      Feb 13, 2023
      		 tree across start. 10cm, but long
      Dec 18, 2022 @ 1:29pm
      Dec 18, 2022
      Aug 3, 2022 @ 2:43pm
      Aug 3, 2022
      Jan 31, 2022 @ 3:14pm
      Jan 31, 2022
      Cleared some blackberry and other shrubbery over track, and fixed a dodgy corner.
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 12 rides
      • 19 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 333 rides
      • 14 miles avg distance
      All
      • 3,419 rides
      • Last: Mar 13, 2023

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      Jan 31, 2022 @ 3:14pm
      Jan 31, 2022
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      Jan 31, 2022 @ 3:14pm
      Jan 31, 2022
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      Jan 31, 2022 @ 3:14pm
      Jan 31, 2022
      14 |
      Oct 26, 2018 @ 6:52pm
      Oct 26, 2018

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