2.5 miles
Distance
645 ft
Climb
-470 ft
Descent
00:16:11
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Old Coach Road Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Belmont Regional Park
    Lower Hutt
  • AKA
    OCR
  • Difficulty Rating
    Access Trail or Doubletrack rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Blue (1 vote)
  • Trail Type
    Doubletrack
  • Bike Type
    Gravel, Adaptive MTB
  • Direction
    Both Directions
    Popular in reverse
  • Climb Difficulty
    Green
  • Physical Rating
    Easy
  • Season
    All year
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • Ride in Rain
    Yes
  • Local Popularity
    60 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 65 in Trail Running
    • 95 in Hiking
  • Land Owner
    Greater Wellington Regional Council

Old Coach Road is the original horse and cart track used to move between the Hutt Valley and Pauatahanui. This is the path used to access Borderline, Bull Run and Sweetacres (via Bull-A-Varde)

Access Info

Access is from the end of Normaldale road, opposite the farm house in Belmont Regional Park and via the Bridalway from Stratton street.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Old Coach Road mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    175 ft
  • Altitude min
    970 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,210 ft
  • Altitude start
    983 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,158 ft
  • Grade
    1.332%
  • Grade max
    -36.792%
  • Grade min
    36.593%
  • Distance climb
    1 mile
  • Distance down
    1 mile
  • Distance flat
    1,053 ft
  • Avg time
    00:16:11
  • Avg reverse time
    00:19:38
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on Jan 8, 2023
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Avg: 3.84 (1 votes)
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      Old Coach Road Trail Reports

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      Jan 8, 2023 @ 4:45am
      Jan 8, 2023
      		 Some puddles, but mostly great overall
      Feb 16, 2019 @ 12:12pm
      Feb 16, 2019
      		 Nice and dry.
      Dec 27, 2018 @ 2:09am
      Dec 27, 2018
      		 Great trail up, almost fully dry.
      Apr 29, 2017 @ 11:52pm
      Apr 29, 2017
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      6 Months
      • 6 rides
      • 16.2 km avg distance
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      • 13 rides
      • Last: May 20, 2025

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