1,806 ft
Distance
4 ft
Climb
-304 ft
Descent
00:03:19
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Gnarly Nun Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
  • Riding Area
    Port Hills West
    Christchurch
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Black Diamond (2 votes)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    DH, AM
  • Direction
    Downhill Only
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  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • TTFs on Trail
    Berm, Drop, Jump, Rock Garden
  • Global Ranking
    #5954 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    60 in Mountain Biking

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Gnarly Nun is a highly rated 550 m moderately popular black diamond singletrack scenic trail located near Christchurch. This mountain bike only trail can be used downhill only. On average it takes 3 minutes to complete this trail.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Gnarly Nun mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -301 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,214 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,514 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,514 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,214 ft
  • Grade
    -16.645%
  • Grade max
    -41.414%
  • Grade min
    1.427%
  • Distance climb
    112 ft
  • Distance down
    1,597 ft
  • Distance flat
    97 ft
  • Avg time
    00:03:19
  • Avg reverse time
    00:06:05
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on Jan 6, 2025
Dry
Avg: 3.99 (10 votes)
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      Gnarly Nun Trail Reports

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      Jan 6, 2025 @ 12:32am
      Jan 6, 2025
      		 Very overgrown, still rideable and still loads of fun but most certainly quite sketchy
      Feb 4, 2024 @ 2:11am
      Feb 4, 2024
      Dec 26, 2022 @ 3:30pm
      Dec 26, 2022
      		 Currently so overgrown it is almost impassable. Rocks are not visible, making quite dangerous as well.
      Oct 3, 2022 @ 5:39pm
      Oct 3, 2022
      Mar 13, 2021 @ 7:14pm
      Mar 13, 2021
      		 Been trimmed. Running good
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 0 rides
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      6 Months
      • 8 rides
      • 18 miles avg distance
      All
      • 96 rides
      • Last: Jan 15, 2025

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      Nov 17, 2020 @ 5:50pm
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      Nov 17, 2020 @ 5:51pm
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      Apr 3, 2020 @ 4:47pm
      Apr 3, 2020

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