Ripper Details

Activities
- Mountain Bike
- E-Bike
Riding Area

Arapuke Forest
Palmerston North
Difficulty Rating

Double Black Diamond rate
Trail Type

Singletrack
Bike Type

DH, AM
Trail Usage

Biking Only
Direction

Downhill Only
Dogs Allowed

Yes
eBike Allowed

Yes
TTFs on Trail

A-Frame, Berm, Bridge, Drop, Jump, Gap Jump, Ladder Bridge
Global Ranking

#32713 in Mountain Biking
Local Popularity
85 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 60 in E-Biking

A Grade 5-6 National level downhill trail. A combination of machine and hand built trail with big jumps, drops, chutes, other natural terrain features. There is a recent extension which takes the trail down to the Shuttle Pick-up.

Access Info

Ripper shares a starting point with Rhythm and Vines (but heads in the other direction!).

Local Trail Association

Manawatu Mountain Bike Club (www.mmbc.co.nz)
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More Stats for Ripper bike trail

Altitude change

-400 ft
Altitude min

807 ft
Altitude max

1,207 ft
Altitude start

1,207 ft
Altitude end

807 ft
Grade

-11.79%
Grade max

-27.858%
Grade min

0.496%
Distance down

3,270 ft
Distance flat

123 ft
Avg time

00:08:42
Avg reverse time

00:04:33
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Status:

on Jul 20, 2018

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