Enjoy our accessible and fun trails, perfect for individuals and families. Mostly flat, they’re easy to ride and offer options for every style, whether you prefer straighter, flatter routes along stop banks or more adventurous twists and turns on mountain bike trails. Plan your journey or simply discover as you go, stopping to relax in welcoming beach settlements and towns. Trails can be ridden individually or linked together using on-road facilities. Most are two-way and shared with walkers, so remember cycling etiquette and road rules. To get the best of the surrounding areas, check out ideas below.
GRADE: 2
DISTANCE: 32 km
ACCESS: Numerous Accesses
ABOUT: This trail encompasses a number of smaller trails in the district to create a longer more connected ride. This ride takes you from Kaiapoi, alongside our rivers, through regenerating environments into small coastal settlements, alongside farmlands into Rangiora. There are opportunities along the way to eat, swim, stay and explore.
All you need to know about what’s on offer around these trails is here.
GRADE 2
DISTANCE: 11 km
ACCESS: Wrights Road Car Park. Gates open 7 am – 10 pm (7pm outside daylight savings).
ABOUT: Trails are subject to weather conditions and are therefore rustic in nature. Good for a bit of fun mountain bike riding along the river and in the trees.
NOTE: Distance doesn’t include stop bank. Watch for closure signs and check for notices here.
Check out what’s on offer in Kaiapoi.
GRADE 1
DISTANCE: 5 km
ACCESS: Woodend Beach
ABOUT: The Tūtaepatu trail connects Waikuku and Woodend beach settlements. An easy ride with views of the Te Kōhanga Wetlands and boasts views of the foothills of the Southern Alps. Replenish at the Waikuku Beach Store and take a dip in the sea. Both beaches are surf patrolled in the summer.
GRADE 1
DISTANCE: 3.8 km
ACCESS: Woodend Beach
ABOUT: Connects Woodend Beach with Woodend Township.
Check out what’s on offer in Woodend.
GRADE 2
DISTANCE: 4 km of trails
ACCESS: Titimoana Drive, Pegasus
ABOUT: Add this easy loop on to your ride, and head into Pegasus Town for a look around, take a wander and head over the swing bridge, stop for a replenishment with a choice of two eateries.
Check out what’s on offer in Pegasus
GRADE 2
DISTANCE: 1.8 km
ACCESS: Corner of Pegasus Boulevard and Infinity Drive, Pegasus
ABOUT: Head up on this trail to get views of the Pegasus Golf Course, and the Pegasus Town.
Check out what’s on offer in Pegasus.
GRADE 2
DISTANCE: 1.4 km of trails
ACCESS: Cones Road, Western side of Ashley Bridge
ABOUT: A wee out of the way trail that lands in Ashley Village and the Ashley Pub.
Check out what’s on offer in Rangiora
These on road cycle lanes join the trails together. There are patches where the lanes give way to parking spaces. Road etiquette applies.
All you need to know about what is on offer around these trails. Find out more here.
Off-road trail surface is either firm gravel or sealed (e.g. concrete or asphalt) and is wide enough for 2 people to cycle side by side for most of the way
Off road trail surface, mostly flat with some gentle climbs on all surfaces with easily avoidable obstacles sound as rocks, tree roots, and potholes.
Steep slopes and /or avoidable obstacles possibly on narrow track and/or poor traction.
Flat hard sealed off road tracks. Wide enough for two riders
Kaiapoi isite Visitor Centre
1/143 Williams St, Kaiapoi
PO Box 80, Kaiapoi 7644
info@kaiapoivisitorcentre.co.nz
