Port Hills, Christchurch

For a place that's about as flat as a two day old can of Coke, there's stacks of great mountain biking around Christchurch. Being Ground Effect's backyard 'n' all, we've long been involved in advocating the development of tracks on the Port Hills - originally with DOC at Godley Head and then more extensively with the Christchurch City Council. Almost ten years ago we jointly authored a vision of being able to traverse the length of the Port Hills entirely on off-road. The Port Hills' rangers have largely fulfilled that dream with only a few kilometres of tarseal remaining on the Kennedy's Bush to Taylors Mistake traverse. There now are over 50 kilometres of shared-use and dedicated mountain bike tracks on the Port Hills.

 

For up to date information on track conditions, maps and work parties jump onboard the Christchurch City Council website.