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2 miles
Distance
169 ft
Climb
-734 ft
Descent
00:13:27
Avg time

Gold Digger Details

  • Riding area
    7 Mile Riding Area
    Queenstown
  • Difficulty rating
    Blue rate
  • Trail type
    Singletrack
  • Bike type
    AM, XC
  • Trail Usage
    Biking Primary
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Climb Difficulty
    Blue
  • Physical rating
    Hard
  • Season
    Oct - June
  • Global Ranking
    #17101
  • Year Opened
    2012
  • Land Manager
    DOC

2 way single track out and back or as part of Moke Lake loop through gold mining remains from 7mile creek car park to the 4WD Road to Moke Lake. Trail is narrow in places and has some exposure to tracks edge. Trail is best ridden as a climb towards Moke Lake. Give way to uphill riders.

source: QMTBC Printed Map
Access Info

Drive/ride towards Genorchy from Queenstown trail starts opposit the 7 Mile Creek carpark next to the Moke Lake Rd intersection.

Local Trail Association
More Stats for Gold Digger mountain bike trail
  • Altitude change
    -565 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,140 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,712 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,705 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,140 ft
  • Grade max
    -56.806%
  • Grade min
    32.697%
  • Distance climb
    2,209 ft
  • Distance down
    4,600 ft
  • Distance flat
    1,214 ft
  • Avg time
    00:13:27
  • Avg reverse time
    00:20:10
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Status:
on Apr 27, 2018
Variable
Avg: 4 (9 votes)

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Trail Style
  • ?
Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
Directions to gold-digger trailhead (-45.045050, 168.589880)
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Gold Digger Trail Reports

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Apr 27, 2018 @ 11:46pm
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Mar 20, 2016 @ 2:13pm
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Feb 2, 2018 @ 7:13pm
Feb 2, 2018
Gold Digger, Auckland

Routes with this trail

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Moke Lake/Lake Dispute Loop
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