Staying Home Sucks, home
Courtesy crossing 785
Havelock North, the nearest town, 3 km away. Photo: Schwede66, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Chambers Track Down

Mountain bike area · New Zealand

Is it worth the trip?

87Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Mon 9: Tacky: hero dirt, Rain 9.3 mm in the last two days, Air 23 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 88 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
0 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
24°C

Wed 4 · 88 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
0 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
23°C

Thu 5 · 88 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
0 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
23°C

Fri 6 · 82 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
0 mm
Rain
2.7 mm
Air
28°C

Sat 7 · 61 out of 100

Trail
Slick
Rain 2 days
5.1 mm
Rain
6.6 mm
Air
23°C

Sun 8 · 81 out of 100

Trail
Slick
Rain 2 days
13.2 mm
Rain
1.2 mm
Air
23°C

Mon 9 · 98 out of 100

Trail
Tacky
Rain 2 days
9.3 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
23°C

Tap a day for the trail, the rain and the air. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 269, good
  2. Tue 388, good
  3. Wed 488, good
  4. Thu 588, good
  5. Fri 682, good
  6. Sat 761, good
  7. Sun 881, good
  8. Mon 998, good
  9. Tue 1061, good
  10. Wed 11100, good

The spot in one fact

  • 8 routesmapped within 10 km

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know trail closures, fallen trees or your skill.

Weather forecast and score for each day at Chambers Track Down
DayScoreTrailRain 2 daysRainAir
Mon 2Nov*69, goodUnknown–0 mm25°C
Tue 3Nov*88, goodUnknown0 mm0 mm24°C
Wed 4Nov*88, goodUnknown0 mm0 mm23°C
Thu 5Nov*88, goodUnknown0 mm0 mm23°C
Fri 6Nov*82, goodUnknown0 mm2.7 mm28°C
Sat 7Nov61, goodSlick5.1 mm6.6 mm23°C
Sun 8Nov81, goodSlick13.2 mm1.2 mm23°C
Mon 9Nov98, goodTacky9.3 mm0 mm23°C
Tue 10Nov61, goodSlick6.6 mm3 mm20°C
Wed 11Nov100, goodTacky8.4 mm0.6 mm24°C

* Rain before today is not known: the forecast starts today, so these days are scored from a dry start and a wet one.

Trail is the soil that morning, from the rain before; rain in mm, air in °C. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the area and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

Town

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Chambers Track Down

8 mountain bike routes mapped. Best from Aug to May. The nearest town to stay in is Havelock North.

  • Routes 8 mountain bike routes mapped.

From OpenStreetMap: the mountain bike routes mapped within 10 km.

Bike routes and parks: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,800–US$3,450 each

about US$1,800–US$3,450 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, stay, food, bike hire.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to NPE, estimated from distance and season, changing at DFW and AKL, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$824–US$1,720
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$60–US$100
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$342–US$569
Food7 days eating outabout US$301–US$563
Bike hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$275–US$502
Totalabout US$1,800–US$3,450

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Havelock North

Closest

Havelock North

5 min by car · 21 places to stay

about US$127/nightcountry average

See 21 places to stay in Havelock North · Booking.com

About Havelock North its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$127 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 29h 15m

About 29h 15m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → NPE, changing at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and Auckland International Airport (AKL), then 45 min by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.