2.0 miles
Distance
60 ft
Climb
-1,192 ft
Descent
00:12:26
Avg time

Rude Rock Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
  • Riding Area
    Coronet Peak Ski & Mountain Bike Park
    Queenstown
  • Difficulty Rating
    Advanced rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Black Diamond (1 vote)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    DH, AM
  • Direction
    Downhill Only
    Popular direction shown
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • Season
    Summer
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes
  • TTFs on Trail
    Drop, Jump
  • Global Ranking
    #1284 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #3412 in E-Biking
  • Local Popularity
    60 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 85 in E-Biking

The definition of flow: Rude Rock Trail. Perfeclty sculupted to follow the contours of the mountain, this trail starts just above the base buildings at Coronet Peak Ski field and finishes just before the skippers canyon access road.

Best suited to an AM 6"~ travel bike, but minimal pedalling is required to have a great time on your DH bike and as a bonus it's really easy to shuttle

PLEASE AVOID RIDING DURING/RIGHT AFTER RAIN OR SNOW AS THE TRAIL IS CLAY BASED AND GETS DAMAGED.

CAUTION REQUIRED ON WINDY DAYS, AVOID OPTIONAL JUMPS/DROPS ON EXPOSED RIDGELINES.

source: The Perfect Line
Access Info

Simply head up the Coronet Peak access road(about 10-15mins from Queenstown) and park at the base buildings. Looking at the ski field ride left along the 4wd/Cat track 50m until you hit an up hill 4wd road, follow that up and around for about 50m, you will then enter a small valley, on your left you will see the start of the trail (Note: The sign for the trail is located about 10m into the start on small rise.)

Bike Park

Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Rude Rock mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -1,133 ft
  • Altitude min
    2,860 ft
  • Altitude max
    3,994 ft
  • Altitude start
    3,993 ft
  • Altitude end
    2,861 ft
  • Grade
    -10.8%
  • Grade max
    -46.4%
  • Grade min
    15.9%
  • Distance climb
    768 ft
  • Distance down
    2 miles
  • Distance flat
    423 ft
  • Avg time
    00:12:26
  • Avg reverse time
    00:11:26
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      Rude Rock Trail Reports

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      Dec 1, 2024 @ 6:28pm
      3 days
      		 Trail crew are on trail doing repairs. Trail will remain open but go easy when you see warning signage. Trail may get closed in extreme dry/wet...
      Nov 24, 2024 @ 4:19pm
      Nov 24, 2024
      		 Rude Rock is getting a spring refresh this week. Please keep off until work is completed.
      Nov 18, 2024 @ 2:28pm
      Nov 18, 2024
      		 Open again but hasn't had its spring maintenance yet.
      May 7, 2024 @ 9:56pm
      May 7, 2024
      		 Closed for Winter! Please keep off the trail to prevent damage. Will let you know when it's back open in spring.
      Mar 31, 2024 @ 10:40pm
      Mar 31, 2024
      		 Getting a bit moist in some areas.
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 13 rides
      • 20 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 53 rides
      • 23 miles avg distance
      All
      • 3,841 rides
      • Last: Dec 3, 2024

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