1,024 ft
Distance
-17 ft
Descent
00:03:09
Avg time

Moonshine Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
  • Riding Area
    Whakarewarewa Forest
    Rotorua
  • Difficulty Rating
    Advanced rate
  • Trail Type
    Machine Groomed
  • Direction
    Downhill Primary
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  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes up to Class 1
  • Global Ranking
    #5468 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #1383 in E-Biking
  • Local Popularity
    60 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 55 in E-Biking
  • Year Opened
    2010

Moonshine is lumpy in places and has some rooty, technical sections - so fun to ride and in keeping with the style of Roller Coaster with a couple of sections that step it up a little.

Ride it a few times and you'll start to dial in the high lines and figure out how to finess the flow from the trail.

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Access Info

The entrance to this is just before you exit from Roller Coaster onto Ring Road. It runs parallel to Ring and is a good alternative to the road or the last part of Roller Coaster across ring Road (which gets little traffic and is a bit of a grovel).

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Moonshine mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -18 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,274 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,294 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,294 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,276 ft
  • Grade
    -1.8%
  • Grade max
    -10.2%
  • Grade min
    2.7%
  • Distance climb
    125 ft
  • Distance down
    600 ft
  • Distance flat
    302 ft
  • Avg time
    00:03:09
  • Avg reverse time
    00:03:49
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      Moonshine Trail Reports

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      Jul 23, 2024 @ 5:07pm
      Jul 23, 2024
      		 reporter Weird drain/Gut has appeared just before you have to carry speed over the sticky out root? It was already the low spot for drainage
      May 23, 2024 @ 7:52pm
      May 23, 2024
      May 23, 2024 @ 9:58am
      May 23, 2024
      Apr 22, 2024 @ 8:03pm
      Apr 22, 2024
      		 Track looking great. A few bits off organic matter down, but raked off easy.
      Feb 2, 2024 @ 11:29pm
      Feb 2, 2024
      Raked off a lot of organic material (needles). A few drains dug and tidied end corner rut (may need to be built around as goes off camber).
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 5 rides
      • 17 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 209 rides
      • 22 miles avg distance
      All
      • 4,800 rides
      • Last: Sep 18, 2024

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      Feb 2, 2024 @ 11:30pm
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      Feb 2, 2024 @ 11:29pm
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