About half an hour from central Auckland you can get lost in the forest for a few hours at one of New Zealand’s premier mountain bike parks. The team at Bike Parks have put together an amazing series of trails in the sandy dunes of Woodhill forest.
Utilising a plethora of ‘North Shore’ style structures they have managed to put together some great freeride terrain. With several significant drops, and a well maintained jump park (the Transition Airfield) you can get stuck into some pretty progressive riding.
It is not just for 8 inch travel bike riding, 30 foot gap jumping young people though. There are also many more sedate trails to entertain those riders who would rather just watch the guys hitting the huge drops and gaps. Indeed most weekends the carpark is overflowing with young families out enjoying the trails.
I end up out at the park most weekends, because it is another thing that I love about Auckland.
