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1.7 miles
Distance
54 ft
Climb
-2,043 ft
Descent
00:25:35
Avg time
-1,989 ft
Altitude change
314 ft
Altitude min
2,303 ft
Altitude max
2,303 ft
Altitude start
315 ft
Altitude end
-21.9%
Grade
-112.5%
Grade max
18.5%
Grade min
1,063 ft
Distance climb
1 mile
Distance down
171 ft
Distance flat
00:25:35
Avg time
Whaimana Details
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Activities
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Riding AreaFringed Hill Nelson
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Difficulty Rating
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Voted DifficultyDouble Black Diamond (3 votes)
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Local Popularity65 in Mountain Biking
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Global Ranking#41665 in Mountain Biking
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National Ranking#936 in Mountain Biking · New Zealand
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Trail TypeSingletrack
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DirectionDownhill OnlyPopular Direction Shown
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eBike AllowedYes up to Class 1
A super-fun trail, steep, lots of loamy corners, some off-camber and a few dusty chutes (but with great catch berms). Easier than 629 & Peaking Ridge, if you can ride Aorere you should be sweet with this one.
Take it easy right at bottom, the trail drops into a fence you won't get your handlebars through (which I assume is to stop you riding out onto the road). New trail grade in 2021.
Access Info
A few different ways to get there:
- Head up Fringed Hill Rd > Black Diamond > Sunrise Ridge (the entrance is about half way down on the left)
- Ride up to the top of 629 Firebreak, then follow Sunrise Ridge to about the half way point (it's about 100m past the turn off to Maitai Caves).
- Ride up to Third House, then push up Black Diamond Third House Link, then head down Sunrise Ridge.
All routes are quite a mission, take a snack
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
Recent Activity on Trail
Past Week
- 1 rides
- 9 miles average
6 Months
- 13 rides
- 16 miles avg distance
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- 72 rides
- Last: Oct 25, 2026
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Directions to whaimana trailhead
(-41.315050, 173.342050)
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Feb 14, 2024 , Nelson
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8 Reviews & Comments
fuzzzzywuzzzzy
This trail is worth a look for a non-expert rider if you're comfortable on a trail as steep as Koata Park's 'Smasher'. On this ride, I much appreciated the recent track work on the steeper lower half of the trail. The three new 'Steep' signs were a great heads up that it was time for me to be paying a bit more attention!
jamesreidrides
Once you get past the climbing along the ridge at the start this is one of the best trails around!
Shanc
One tree down at the very top (big silky job) and unfortunately pig rooting at the bottom on the rebuilt sections
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