Short Rides

A permit is required to ride in Hancock Forests. Members of the Nelson Mountainbike Club receive an annual permit as part of their membership fee. To join the Club go to "MTB Membership Form", which can be filled out in Adobe Acrobat and emailed in. Payment instructions are on the form. See Hancock Forest Maps for locations of forest boundaries. For the latest forest access information check Forest Access Updates on the Noticeboard.

Clover Knob 1.5 to 2.5 hours. Moderate fitness, limited technical skills required.	Chings Highway 1 to 2 hours, moderate fitness, some rough descents require some technical skill.	Fringed Hill 1 to 2 hours, good fitness and moderate technical skills required.
Hira Ridge 1.5 to 2.5 hour ride. Generally easy but a couple of steep technical bits.	Golf and Fireball Loop Moderate fitness, no technical skills. 1 to 1.5 hours	Hackett Track 1 - 1.5 hours. Moderate fitness, limited technical skills required. A good single track introduction
Dun Mountain Walkway 1.5 to 2.5 hours, moderate fitness, suitable for novices.	Tuckers Trails 1.5 to 2 hours, moderate fitness intermediate singletrack	Sharland Rd - Central Rd 2 hours, moderate fitness, forest roads
Wairoa River Right Branch 2.5-3 hours moderate fitness	Maitai Caves 1 to 2 hours, easy	Champion Smelter and Roding Dam 1 to 2 hours, easy
Grampians Multitude of tracks. Fitness required	Hira Forest Multitude of forest roads. Moderate fitness	Centre of New Zealand Several easy tracks. Moderate fitness
Tracks on the Denniston Plateau Westport area.	Fireball Tracks Map of most of the tracks in the Fireball Rd/Tantragee area	Atmore - Codgers Track Easy-intermediate track, moderate fitness
Waiwhero Forest South Several easy tracks. Moderate fitness	Waiwhero Forest North	R and R Rush Track
Chrome Creek	Canaan