Private shuttles at Cable Bay Adventure Park are now operated by 3 awesome local providers;

Mountain Bike Nelson

http://https//mountainbikenelson.co.nz/cable-bay

Gravity Nelson

http://https//gravitynelson.co.nz/mtb-shuttles/

Scottish Express

http://https//scottish-express.nz/

As we find ourselves very busy with our Tourism attractions and the demand for shuttles still growing, it works best for us to work with these local providers who know the terrain well and are experts in what they do! We do still have our 4X4 present and if you are stuck on availability with the above then please don't hesitate to give us a call and we can see if we can sort you out!

The trail system has had some great new developments, really opening up to the G3 category with 3 trails now from top to bottom linking into each other. On top of these we now have 4 awesome G4 trails followed by the true Nelson grade 5 (think Black Diamond - double Black Diamond). The majority of the trails are set in spectacular native forest and bush with the trail characteristic's of the G4's and 5's steep, techy and rocky. 

We are currently working on 3 new builds - 1 G3, 1 G4 & 1 G5, coming soon in 2025!

**Main side trails**

- Skywire access road - Climbing road, utilized by all things with wheels and legs - Shuttle vans, quad bike tours, MTB's, E-bikers walkers, runners

Keep left, please give way to all park vehicles and tours. If riding down - GO SLOW and watch for blind corners.

- Rainbow Unicorn - climbing trail onwards from Skywire road - access to Marty's Daycare, CCR, Lower Gamble, Jurrasic, Jungle boxer

- Bayview Road - peels off Skywire road intersection - access to "Bayview lookout" and pedal access to Gamble if you dare..

- Pine Line Skid site - access to Pine line G5 and Happy Days G3

- Stinger - Grade 3 All time favourite. Accessible by a half climb sitting at about 200-250 vertical metres. Fun flowy G3 in the native forest - couple of tight corners and stray roots here and there but a wicked fun track! Flows onto Live wire to exit

- Jungle Boxer - Grade 3 A mini Paparoa, west coast expereince. amazing jungle forest, rocky terrain under tyre with a couple of scree sections. finishes out in the Kanuka trees which can get a little dry so watch out for that in summer. Starts Top of the main Hub at Rainbow unicorn - about 380m - flows out onto Bayview road and into Pine line skid

- Happy Days - Grade 3 Our newest edition to the trail network. Connecting exit of Jungle Boxer to the top of Stinger or a slightly shorter pedal if you dont want the extra climb up rainbow unicorn! Awesome flowy single track with some nice spots of tech for surprise and progression. Slightly narrower than stinger for reference, but similar level of difficulty. A few pinch climbs at the end to keep you on guard

- Marty's Daycare Grade 5 Starts either off Rainbow unicorn climb OR drop into Lower Gamble from CCR for a fuller decent incorporating the mighty gap jump clearing the climbing trail! Kanuka forest, off camber, good rock rolls and loose when extra dry.

- CCR (Cookie Crumble Ridge) - Grade 4 Following the ridge line this trail features narrow lines between trees, good root tech and a bit of rocky out crops for your ultimate decent. Pretty slippery on the roots in the wet - similar to top section of Te Ara Koa for trail reference. Flows into Stinger G3 or Lost Time G5, or exit on to Skywire road to stay high and do a half pedal for round 2.

- Left Hook G4 Coming off of Rainbow unicorn climb on the left before CCR entrance. A fun flowy G4 through the Kanuka forest, lots of fun side hits and swooping catch burns, runs fast and can be loose in the dry! Left hook then has 3 options - link up to Jungle boxer G3, continue on to "LowBlow" G5 finishing up on martys day care and out to Bayview road OR keep your height and peel out back to Rainbow Unicorn

- Low Blow G5 Coming off of "Left Hook", turn your run into a full decent by carrying on to Low Blow. Terrain gets steeper, corners get tighter and grit gets a bit looser! Best riding in wet/damp conditions - this trails finishes up on the last rockroll of Marty's daycare before exiting you on to Bayview Road. A great little addition to a pine line or veto descent!

- Veto - G4 tech/flow/off camber/native goodness - a big variety of everything, about 1.3km long and a good taster of the terrain here at Cable Bay!

- Lost time - Grade 5 Coming off of CCR of accessing from Stinger start, this trail starts a steep rocky decent down the ridge before cutting back into the native for some all time steep, flowy tight corners. Graded a 5 for the extra commitments and steep/tightness of the corners - a mini Butters for trail reference, pretty good after rain - give it a day to dry then super tacky goodness!

- Hot Sauce - Grade 5 - Peeling off to the right off of stinger - Join this onto your run off CCR or take a half pedal up the access road and drop onto stiner. Hot sauce peels ff to the right after a tight left hander - look out for the sign. Off camber and tech corners - hilarious in the wet

- One Night Stand - G5 -Peeling off the bottom of CCR as a left hairpin corner. A G5 link trail to Jurassic coming out at the log ride! Think classic Jurassic features, pretty full on, a decent mossy rock roll and native rooty goodness - also pretty rowdy in the wet!

 - Jurassic – Grade 5 Enduro trail, start is off Rainbow Unicorn OR can flow in from Gamble. Finishes at the bottom of Valley, linking onto live wire for exit (400m Vertical metres). Pretty full on tech trail with multi line choices in places, more rooty goodness, scree and some amazing forest, harder than gamble - especially in the wet she gets pretty rowdy

- Gamble – Grade 5 Enduro trail stariting at 600m - trail is 300 vertical metres – finishes half way down at Skywire or flow into Jurrasic for the ultimate 20min decent and 600m drop OR copy the Queens stage from Cable Bay Enduro Gamble, CCR, Lost time for a wicked combination of different trails!  - steep, techy and rooty with some good flow, log drops and some tricky chutes

- Pine-line G5 Steep, committing, fast and flowy and as the name suggests, in the Pine. Different style trail compared to the Native lines - dirt os also Clay like so good to avoid in the wet!!


- Live Wire grade 3 - TRAIL EXIT – Naturally flow onto live wire from exit of rom bottom of Jurassic, Lost time and stinger. flows beside the river on the way out to bottom skid/paintball G3/G4 trail with a touch of tech in places

**South side trails**

- Formula 1 - Grade 3 Starts at 100 vertical meters. Switch back and flowy with high berms. Exposed so can get a bit marbley when dry / over grown with gorse. Inbetween a Firball and P51 at Codgers for trail reference

-Broken Gnome -Our newest Grade 4 to the park balancing out the intermediate range and a super fun warm up ride for the more experienced. Similar vibes to veto with a few tighter S bend sections dropping down off the ridge into the native valley below. The trail includes a non-rideable creek crossing on the exit - if in flood we have a highline exit cut in - be aware this is G5 and super slick in the rain

- Deliverance - Grade 6 - Double black A great addition to the park for the experienced rider. A mash up of Pine line and Jurrasic put together. Very steep on the top section with tight S bends, loose scree, techy lines and pokey chutey sections. Amazing catch berms on the tight dropping corners. Pretty loose when very dry and when very wet.

-The Poacher - Grade 5  Carrying on another 2km climb up Ruru-iti from Broken gnome start. Poacher drop in has one of the best views in the house! It also has one of the biggest squirrel features at the drop in too - we recommend scoping that out first as you're going to want to keep up your momentum throughout. This trail is fairly active riding on the upper body, with alot of slumps, long of camber section and tight dropping corners - no chill to to the bottom!

Timing: Decent from Gamble, 600m, top to bottom and exit out for the full run will take best riders around  25min no stopping, most groups waiting for people and taking in the views 45 min+. Shuttle is 25min to drop off pint from base and is a pretty full on 4X4 climb for the last 1km

Southside DH Trail/Deliverance side 10-15min tops for timing (good rider cruising down but not racing <10min) Race runs <5min (allow extra time for multiple photo ops on the road gap!)