Roller Coaster Details
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Activities
- Mountain Bike
- E-Bike
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Riding AreaWhakarewarewa Forest
Rotorua -
Difficulty Rating
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Voted DifficultyBlue (1 vote)
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Trail TypeSingletrack
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DirectionDownhill PrimaryPopular direction shown
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Dogs AllowedYes
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eBike AllowedYes up to Class 1
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Global Ranking
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Local Popularity70 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.
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.
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Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Roller Coaster mountain bike trail trail
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Altitude change-262 ft
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Altitude min1,249 ft
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Altitude max1,515 ft
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Altitude start1,515 ft
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Altitude end1,253 ft
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Grade-3.8%
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Grade max-26.5%
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Grade min26.8%
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Distance climb1,729 ft
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Distance down4,249 ft
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Distance flat994 ft
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Avg time00:10:00
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Avg reverse time00:12:34
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- Snow Cover Inadequate
- Freeze/thaw Cycle
- Icy
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- < 6 months
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- Downhill Only
- Downhill Primary
- Both Directions
- Uphill Primary
- Uphill Only
- One Direction
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- hiking (1 year)
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- Downhill Ski
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Past Week
- 20 rides
- 21 miles avg distance
6 Months
- 334 rides
- 19 miles avg distance
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- 2,238 rides
- Last: Mar 26, 2023
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