4,409 ft
Distance
31 ft
Climb
-196 ft
Descent
00:07:23
Avg time

Grinder Details

  • Riding Area
    Whakarewarewa Forest
    Rotorua
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Black Diamond (1 vote)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Trail Usage
    Biking Primary
  • Direction
    Downhill Primary
    Popular direction shown
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #13073 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    40 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking

Downhill rolling old school track, moderately fast flowing singletrack with some small berms and jumps. Dense forest canopy keeps a lot of the rain off, so this is a good trail to ride when trails are wet elsewhere.

source: Ride Rotorua
Access Info

Starts from Katore Rd, a short distance up from the intersection with Nursery Rd.

Bike Park

More Stats for Grinder bike trail
  • Altitude change
    -165 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,115 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,312 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,281 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,115 ft
  • Grade max
    -29.329%
  • Grade min
    39.129%
  • Distance climb
    133 ft
  • Distance down
    2,375 ft
  • Distance flat
    556 ft
  • Avg time
    00:07:23
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Status:
on Feb 12, 2019
Dry
Avg: 3.85 (7 votes)

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  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
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  • Significant Issue / Amber
  • Closed or Major Issue / Red

  • Land Owner Overlay
  • Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
  • BLM (public)
  • USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
  • State land
  • Indigenous
  • Military
Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Groomed
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
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  • Restrooms Restrooms
  • Gate Gate
  • Camping Camping
  • Trail Sign Trail Sign
  • Table or Bench Table or Bench
  • Table or Bench eBike Charging Point
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      Directions to grinder-25133 trailhead (-38.167070, 176.269020)
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      Grinder Trail Reports

      datedescription
      Feb 12, 2019 @ 7:43pm
      Feb 12, 2019
      Oct 18, 2018 @ 6:47pm
      Oct 18, 2018
      Remove tree hunguo blocking and 4 dead trees leaning over trail
      Oct 18, 2018 @ 4:09pm
      Oct 18, 2018
      		 Tree hung up across the track
      Sep 22, 2018 @ 2:10pm
      Sep 22, 2018
      Oct 27, 2017 @ 2:21pm
      Oct 27, 2017
      view all reports »

      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 3 rides
      • 11 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 119 rides
      • 15 miles avg distance
      All
      • 2,182 rides
      •  

      Photos

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      9 |
      May 30, 2018 @ 4:36pm
      May 30, 2018
      Grinder, Rotorua
      26 |
      Sep 22, 2017 @ 6:10pm
      Sep 22, 2017
      Grinder, My City
      25 |
      Sep 22, 2017 @ 6:10pm
      Sep 22, 2017
      Grinder, My City
      310 |
      Dec 1, 2013 @ 12:14am
      Dec 1, 2013
      Grinder, Rotorua

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      		17 miles
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      		26 miles

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