Porters Alpine Resort will be running a bike shuttle service every second Sunday servicing the Edge and Luge trails initially. 10 ride cards available for just $199! Single ride $25. Departs Lodge 9:30AM & Craigieburn access road 10AM. Continue reading
SUNDAY FEB 16 130 mountain bikers Descending the Edge and Anti-Luge (approx 10am to 11.30am) Descending Drac Flat from Jacks Pass on the Broken River Skifield Road (approx 11am to 12.30pm)They are only racing the descent of Drac Flat from Jacks Pass to the creek, then riding at a casual… Continue reading
As we wait for the 2019/2020 riding season to kick off, the Trails team thought it useful to share some of the strategic planning going on behind the scenes in conjunction with a range of stakeholders with interest in the Craigieburn/Castle Hill Basin area. Over the last year, we’ve been… Continue reading
We know the Craigieburn Trails are fun, but apparently a wallaby was spotted this week enjoying The Luge! Environment Canterbury would like to hear directly from anybody who has spotted wallabies in the area. Please contact Jason Hawker at ECan on 027 228 2596 ASAP if you have any info.… Continue reading
Christchurch’s Gravity Canterbury mountain bike club are keen to help with maintenance and ideas for future development in the Craigieburn Valley. Given their enthusiasm for events like their Craigieburn Enduro races, we’re looking forward to working with them on track maintenance and development in the future. We have plans therefore… Continue reading
DOC are very concerned about the number of pirate tracks in the area, and they have recently erected signs and felled trees to close a pirate track near Camp Saddle. The Craigieburn Trails team are keen to work collaboratively with all users in the area. This started with the stakeholder… Continue reading
Cam Bisset from Drummond & Etheridge returned recently to complete the work he started at the end of last year on the corners leading up from Cuckoo Creek on the Dracophyllum Flat track. Cam is returning in early April to rebuild the Ground Effect corners near Picnic Rock on the… Continue reading
An application from a supporter has been made to Transpower for funding to build a bridge over Craigieburn Stream on the Coal Pit Spur Track. The initial round of the application process was successful, so all going well we can look forward to keeping our feet dry all year round… Continue reading
NOTICE: TRANS NZ 5 DAY MTB EVENT – SUNDAY FEBRUARY 25TH AND MONDAY 26TH The Trans NZ mountain bike event is returning for its 4th year to Craigieburn. We would like to inform all those public users that use these trails of the event and the schedule for next… Continue reading
Welcome to Spring 2017 on the Craigieburn Trails. We have a workparty coming up on the first weekend in December building the new 2.5km “Easy Out” track on which initial construction is about to start. This track is being put in as an uphill only track (for bikes anyway; walkers… Continue reading