1.3 miles
Distance
117 ft
Climb
-379 ft
Descent
00:10:00
Avg time

Roller Coaster Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
  • Riding Area
    Whakarewarewa Forest
    Rotorua
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Blue (1 vote)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Direction
    Downhill Primary
    Popular direction shown
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes up to Class 1
  • Global Ranking
    #3315 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #1393 in E-Biking
  • Local Popularity
    70 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 65 in E-Biking

A few high speed sections, a couple of jumps (which are easily avoided if you prefer), and a lot of fast flowing corners.

You'll get to a major singletrack intersection where Pondy trail comes into Roller Coaster. From here it's a little flatter but still predominantly downhill.

There is also another trail at this intersection - straight ahead of you as you ride into the intersection, it climbs up a short hill then descends a re-established old school trail onto Ring Rd. There is not much point to that trail because it doesn't get you any closer to other trails - only really done by riders heading way out the back towards No Brains or even further to Mossy loop.

source: Ride Rotorua
Access Info

Starts from Chestnut Rd. although 99% of riders access it after riding G Rock. (G Rock flows directly into Roller Coaster).

There is a secondary entrance for the last part of Roller Coaster - Ride up Hill Rd from the Shuttle pick up point then after the hill flattens out and starts to climb again there is an old forestry road to your right. This takes you to the halfway point of Roller Coaster so you can ride the last part of it.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Roller Coaster mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -262 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,249 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,515 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,515 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,253 ft
  • Grade
    -3.8%
  • Grade max
    -26.5%
  • Grade min
    26.8%
  • Distance climb
    1,729 ft
  • Distance down
    4,249 ft
  • Distance flat
    994 ft
  • Avg time
    00:10:00
  • Avg reverse time
    00:12:34
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      Roller Coaster Trail Reports

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      Feb 20, 2023 @ 7:06pm
      Feb 20, 2023
      		 reporter
      Hanging Trees Cleared CK/CE
      Feb 16, 2023 @ 10:08pm
      Feb 16, 2023
      Clear storm damage. Some over hanging trees need to be cleared
      Feb 15, 2023 @ 9:50pm
      Feb 15, 2023
      		 All clear after the cyclone.
      Dec 28, 2022 @ 2:17pm
      Dec 28, 2022
      		 reporter
      Collapsed chute to make itmore in grade
      Dec 27, 2022 @ 11:45pm
      Dec 27, 2022
      Tree removed and trail underneath branch tidied up
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 20 rides
      • 21 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 334 rides
      • 19 miles avg distance
      All
      • 2,238 rides
      • Last: Mar 26, 2023

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      Feb 17, 2023 @ 12:24am
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      Dec 30, 2022 @ 5:31pm
      Dec 30, 2022
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      Dec 30, 2022 @ 5:31pm
      Dec 30, 2022
      5 |
      Dec 28, 2022 @ 2:17pm
      Dec 28, 2022

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