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Five Day Fantastic Fat Tyre Trails

Fat-Tyre-Trail

Experience the best of the best, the rides are natural farm track, sheep tracks and old gold mining trails; we classify them as ‘All Mountain Trail’ rides, a bit more challenging than your average XC trail but not DH tracks. This is a mountain biking tour which not only give you that spine tingling single track and exhilarating climbs, it goes through some of the best scenery in the country.

This trip is put together with the assumption that riders are of average mountain biking fitness.

Day 1 - Queenstown Single Track

Today's a mix of back country and single track - close to town starting mid day depending on when all those riding fly in to Queenstown. Not a huge day but a great way to sort out bikes and get a taste of things to come. We will stay in Arrowtown when the day ends.

Day 2 - Heli Bike

Board your helicopter for a stunning flight beyond the Remarkables Mountains and over the Nevis Valley to land at 1700m on rocky, moonscape-like terrain. Undulating, fast flowing trails to some more technical single track which takes us to the bottom. Finish at the Bannockburn pub for a well-earned drink, and drive to Naseby for the night.

Day 3 - Single track in Naseby Forest

This morning we spend riding some of the best single track in the South Island. This is a forest with a web of trails set around the old gold mining town of Naseby. These days the town boasts that it is "2000 feet above worry level". Drive to Poolburn for an epic ride amongst stunning rock tors in the land of Rohan of Lord of the Rings fame.

Day 4 - Famous Big Day Out

3,500m of downhill sensation! This will blow your mind - early start with a 4x4 drive to the Obelisk at 1,7000 - we ride a fast, roller coaster track down through alpine tundra with epic views. Lunch is in Alexandra. Stunning barren landscape such as Leaning Rock is only one of many things you will see today.

Day 5 - Cardrona Heli Bike + Shuttle run

Stunning eight-minute flight over the mighty Kawarau River valley up to the Pisa Conservation area, we land at 1600m on a barren knoll with 360 degree views. We ride steep, fast, rocky, ungroomed single track down to Touhys Saddle then onto open flowing farm track to the valley floor. There is also a purpose built track with no peddling after you've reached the bottom. And what better way to finish than with a cold beer at the historic Cardrona hotel.