We’re constantly having to balance funding development and maintenance of the Craigieburn Trails with our funds available. Over the 5 years since development of the Craigieburn Trails began, the tables below show how we’ve funded our activities. Along with the direct financial support of many individuals, organisations and companies, the… Continue reading
Trail Fund NZ announced last week that 11 clubs from around the country will receive almost $100,000 in total to support volunteer-led work in New Zealand’s backcountry. From Thames to Southland, clubs and trusts were excited to find out they had received funding for mountain-bike accessible track maintenance, upgrades and… Continue reading
The Craigieburn Trail is open for your summer riding – Hogs Back, Dracophyllum Flat, Sidle 73, and Coal Pit Spur are ready to roll. Coal Pit Spur still needs signs and trail markers – these should be installed this summer; watch out for wind fall on Dracophyllum Flat – there… Continue reading
When: 9am, 8th November 2014 add to calendar Where: Bridge Hill Track, nr Environmental Centre, Broken River Skifield Road What: Work on bringing Hut Creek, Bridge Hill and Dicksons tracks up to approved dual-use tramping/mountain-biking standard. Castle Hill Community Association will be holding a Craigieburn Trails work party on 8th… Continue reading
The Craigieburn Trails team would like to slightly belatedly recognise all those who have contributed blood, sweat and tears on numerous work parties in the Castle Hill Basin over the last few years. Some stalwarts of the Castle Hill community, the Canterbury biking community and also plenty from farther afield.… Continue reading
Welcome to the new Craigieburn Trails website. We hope you find the information here useful, and we intend to work on keeping adding relevant content (such as track information, up to date track status, upcoming work parties, etc). Please let us know via the Contact page if there is particular… Continue reading
The team are running an early winter fundraising campaign to build up the piggybank for more track development intended for spring/summer 2015. For more information, check out the Fundraising page. Continue reading