5,095 ft
Distance
-564 ft
Descent
00:08:11
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Spoonhill Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Wainuiomata Trail Park (WTP)
    Lower Hutt
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Black Diamond (4 votes)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    DH, AM
  • Direction
    Downhill Primary
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes up to Class 1
  • TTFs on Trail
    Drop, Jump
  • Global Ranking
    #5633 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #3313 in E-Biking
    • #90579 in Trail Running
  • Local Popularity
    80 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 75 in E-Biking
    • 60 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking
  • Land Owner
    Hutt City Council

Spoonhill is a downhill only trail (Please note: it is also a traditional walking track, so walkers are allowed). The first section is steep, slippery with difficult clay chutes (especially when wet), and gives you access the equally challenging McMillans and Scrims.

However, the first part can be substituted with 491 which is more of an all weather/faster track - and joins onto Spoonhill about halfway down (at a massive root ball) - the 491/Spoonhill combination is the option preferred by most riders.

The most common exit is to take the right onto Spexit (spoonhill-link). Or you can exit earlier at Nga Tuna . Both exits will take you on to the Wetland loop and back to the car park.

source: WTP Spoonhill trail info
Access Info

Spoonhill is accessed at the finish of the Labyrinth climb or the Towai Traverse decent.Alternatively you can ride the ECNZ 4x4 access road to the 3rd pylon to get to the start

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Spoonhill mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -565 ft
  • Altitude min
    331 ft
  • Altitude max
    896 ft
  • Altitude start
    896 ft
  • Altitude end
    331 ft
  • Grade
    -11.1%
  • Grade max
    -46.7%
  • Grade min
    2.8%
  • Distance climb
    36 ft
  • Distance down
    4,852 ft
  • Distance flat
    207 ft
  • Avg time
    00:08:11
  • Avg reverse time
    00:58:41
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on Sep 16, 2023
Wet
Avg: 4.4 (13 votes)
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      Spoonhill Trail Reports

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      Sep 16, 2023 @ 6:09am
      Sep 16, 2023
      		 Very rutted up
      Jan 16, 2023 @ 1:36am
      Jan 16, 2023
      		 Avoid this track atm. Super damaged by the rains
      Dec 28, 2022 @ 3:22am
      Dec 28, 2022
      Dec 23, 2022 @ 2:48am
      Dec 23, 2022
      		 Very rutted up top, almost impossible to ride in the wet
      Mar 19, 2022 @ 3:41pm
      Mar 19, 2022
      		 In good nick as far as spoonhill goes. Top section is a great challenge for those that are up to/for it.
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 2 rides
      • 9 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 72 rides
      • 9 miles avg distance
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      • 1,789 rides
      • Last: Nov 30, 2023

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      Jan 30, 2023 @ 10:48pm
      Jan 30, 2023

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