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Mountain Biking
1 of NZ's Great Rides
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Rides for everyone
Grades 1 to 5
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Cycling the vines
30+ cellar doors
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NZ Cycle Trails
3 of the best
Guide
Biking
Mountain bike Marlborough’s epic high country trails and coastal ridges, road bike undulating routes at the edge of the sea, tour on long flat runs through vine-clad valleys or take the whole family biking along one of the region’s many rivers.
Marlborough boasts brilliant weather, stunning scenery and an abundance of acclaimed mountain and road trails, including a Great Ride and three Trails along the New Zealand Cycle Trail, Nga Haerenga.
This pedaller’s paradise has thrilling adventure, low key rides, and everything in-between.
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Mountain Biking
Marlborough has a mountain bike track for every rider - from the narrow and steep to the wide and sedate, the hour-long jaunt to the multi-day mission. Whether you’re a learner or advanced, young or old, with an hour or a week to spend in the saddle, we’re sure you’ll find your mountain biking trail.
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Road Rides
Road biking in Marlborough gives you a choice of landscapes. Cruise along undulating roads at the edge of the sea or ride at pace over the long and flat straights of the glacial formed valleys, with vineyards as your sentry. If you’d like to do both, join a bunch in the Forrest Estate Graperide, a 101km race through Marlborough’s stunning landscapes.
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Family Biking
Take your kids to the Rarangi Pump Track for a fun little circuit by the beach, or to Conders Bend on SH6 for 6km of easy family-friendly biking through the forest. The Wither Hills Mountain Bike Park has trails for all levels, and for a family outing try a gentle cycle along the Taylor River reserve, before pancakes, coffee and smoothies at a riverside café.
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Gravel Grinds & Cyclocross
Marlborough provides rich terrain for intrepid cyclists who want to see the world by wheel. Gravel Grinds are road rides off the beaten track, which take you on loops through amazing landscapes, on mountain bike, cyclo-cross or touring bike.
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Rider Blogs
Read first-hand experiences of keen riders checking out Marlborough's brilliant trails.
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- Kanuka Trail
- Recreational MTB rides
- The Link Pathway
- Archer Track
- D'Urville Island/Rangitoto ki te Tonga
- Maungatapu Track
- Molesworth Station
- Mt Patriarch & Lake Chalice
- Nydia Track
- Queen Charlotte Track
- Rainbow Station
- Victoria Domain Mountain Bike Park
- Waikakaho Track/Cullens Creek Walkway
- Wakamarina Track
- Whites Bay Loop Track
- Wither Hills Farm Park
- Queen Charlotte Drive
- Kaituna Track
- Conders Bend
- Queen Charlotte Track: Anakiwa to Mistletoe Bay
- Rarangi Pump Track
- Taylor River
- Wither Hills Mountain Bike Park
- Wither Hills Farm Park
- Two Passes Loop
- Awatere Valley tour
- Port Underwood Loop
- Linkwater Loop
Mondo Kopua Biking enthusiast
“The thing I love about Marlborough, which you see when you cycle it, is the diversity of the landscape. We’ve got high country like up the Awatere Valley, then the Richmond Range, the Marlborough Sounds and all the rivers. Personally I’m an open country, high country farm sort of person. I love getting up in the hills.”
My insider guide to MarlboroughRecreational MTB rides
Leisurely ride along theTaylor River Trail and Wither Hills MTB Park in Blenheim. Meet at the carpark at the end of Munro Street by the Taylor River. Ride along the river trails and lower Farm Park tracks, finishing with a freshly brewed coffee at a local cafe.
There are plenty of tracks and trails for recreational mountain biking, don't forget to snap your pictures of your journeys and follow shared path etiquette.
Shared Pathway Etiquette
1. Keep left.
2. Cyclists should let pedestrians know when they are approaching by politely calling out or ringing a bell when approaching from behind.
3. Cyclists should pass on the right, when possible – unless the pedestrians are on the right in which case pass them in the safest way possible.
4. Cyclists should ride defensively and cycle at a speed that does not put others at risk.
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