Classed as a grade four ride, this track, along with the Bowenvale Traverse, was the first downhill track built in the Port Hills in the mid-nineties.
Grade: 4, advanced. Steep, narrow, poor traction, difficult to avoid obstacles. Exposed on outside edge.
Start: Top end of the Huntsbury airstrip.
Finish: The bottom of Bowenvale Valley on the 4WD track.
Access: The fastest access is to ride the Bowenvale Traverse Track from Victoria Park. Alternatively ride up Rapaki Track and then take the Mt Vernon Track through to its end at the top of Huntsbury.
Signage: The track is sign-posted at the airstrip.
Description: Descends down a wide, rough and rutted 4WD track. Near a pylon tower, the track becomes a traversing single track that gets progressively steeper and finishes with a series of fun switchbacks leading onto the Bowenvale 4WD track. From there it's a short ride to Bowenvale Ave.
Grades 1 and 2
Grades 3 and 4
Grades 5 and 6