Mountain Biking - Vertigo
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Description
Skippers Canyon Downhill
The Skippers Canyon ride is regarded as one of New Zealand's top downhill mountain bike tracks!
We drive you to the top of the ride, take in the spectacular scenery, then its on ya bike and let gravity take over. There is a choice of routes. Option one for the more hardcore riders is the full-on Pack Track built by the original gold miners back in the 1860's. Option 2 is to take the infamous Skippers 4wd single lane road - still with some very scenic and heart pounding drops down to the river below - but much less intense and suitable for less confident off-road riders. We follow you down the road with our van and then drive you back to the top of the run so that now that you know the trail, you can really let rip on your second run.
We give you a top of the line Giant Glory DH1 to use when on this trip, so you get the full downhill mountain biking experience!
Gondola Downhill
The Skyline Gondola is a Queenstown icon and one of NZ's favourite attractions. The downhill track is built by riders for riders!
Ride the gondola to the top, take in the view, then hit the forested downhill tracks - all made, shaped and used exclusively by the Vertigo mountain bike team.
We give you a Giant Glory DH1 to use on this trip, for the full downhill mountain biking experience!
Voted one of the best tracks in the country (Classic NZ MTB Rides) - you get to do it three times! We offer 300 vertical metres of real DH single track with expert guidance from the "track builders" - there are intermediate options if you're less hardcore and more into learning new mountain bike skills.
Heli Biking - The Remarkables
A wicked helicopter flight over the Remarkables up to one of the highest heli drop-offs near the summit of Ben Cruachan, is followed by 18kms of varied terrain. There is 6kms of awesome single track built by gold miners back in the 1860’s, rolling ridge lines and flowing farm tracks, the finish is set amongst the Gibbston Valley vineyards. The ride is so spectacular that it’s appeared in numerous MTB movies! Vertical drop – 1600m total.
Trip Includes
- Guided mountain biking
- All gear including full suspension bikes, helmet
- Transport back to Queenstown
Duration
- Skippers or Gondola - allow 3 hours
- Helibiking - allow 4 hours
Departures
- Skippers Canyon - 9am and 2pm
- Gondola - 8.30am only
- Helibiking - 8.30am & 1.30pm
- Operates summer only (Oct - April)
Other Information
- The Gondola downhill track is not suitable for beginners
- You must wear closed in footwear (ie runners). No open toe footwear
- Ideally wear shorts and a couple of layers on the top half
- During the Skippers trip there is a support van that follows down on the main road access trail so you can leave bags, water bottles, warm clothes etc in the van for the end of the trip
- Bring some bottled water
- Operates summer only (Oct - April)
- Downhill riding only
- No child rates available