![]() Once back at the base building you have the option of linking in other trails to your ride such as ‘Rude Rock’, especially if you were prepared enough to leave a car at the bottom of this trail. Descending, it feels like a totally different track. Once at the top it’s back the same way you came. This trail strikes a good balance between technical/challenging versus achievable for all riding abilities. It’s a decent grind to the top of the Express chair, the ascent is mostly rideable. The ride starts from the base building at Coronet Peak ski area. From here it turns to 4WD track that rolls through to the Moke Lake camp ground and ultimately out on to the Queenstown-Glenorchy Rd. It eventually rolls down to the ruins of Seffertown, an old gold mining village from a bygone era. The first section of the trail is single track which can be technical at times, a little bike portage may be necessary. There can be a real mixture of track conditions so be prepared for a variable surface. The trail starts at the top of the small local community of Arthurs Point and makes it way from here along the foot of Ben Lomond. This ride circumnavigates Ben Lomond, the peak that towers over Queenstown’s western skyline Ronnie is a Queenstown local who maintains the trail, nice one! Thanks to Ronnie Baker for this write up on Gold Digger. Arguably more fun in the wet than the dry, it’s a go-to for local riders looking to improve their skills, and get out in the bush for 30 minutes of slightly awkward rocky rooty fun. Gold Digger is a technical enough ride that some days will leave a rider swearing and sweating, analysing their cornering technique, and always, always grinning. Skipping over glistening rocks and shiny roots, passing old gold mining huts and diving through a canopy of gorgeous green natives, the skinny trail twists over a burbling creek and onwards around berms that are works of art. ![]() Stoked on a Queenstown Bike Park by Rebecca Holden Queenstown Trails: Around the Basin by Rebecca Holden Spend a day biking out to Arrowtown for lunch, and bike back in time for a beer and the sunset. Choose from over 120kms of trails, ranging from leisurely rides through Gibbston Valley vineyards and Lake Hayes Estate to fast paced downhill action from the Skyline Gondola or Cardrona. Queenstown is touted as one of New Zealand’s top mountain biking destinations where two wheeled recreation options are seemingly endless. NZ’s premier alpine resort has a mind-boggling range of things to do, and Queenstown is MTB heaven from cruisy, flat trails to heli-biking, multi-day cross-country and extreme downhill rides.
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