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Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park
Mākara Peak Mountain Bike Park. Photo: Yagerkarl, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Mākara Peak Mountain Bike Park

Mountain bike area · New Zealand

Is it worth the trip?

82Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

2 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 62 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
0 mm
Rain
0.1 mm
Air
17°C

Tue 3 · 86 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
0.1 mm
Rain
0.2 mm
Air
18°C

Wed 4 · 88 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
0.3 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
19°C

Thu 5 · 88 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
0.2 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
20°C

Fri 6 · 85 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
0.9 mm
Rain
0.6 mm
Air
18°C

Sat 7 · 78 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
2.4 mm
Rain
2.4 mm
Air
17°C

Sun 8 · 57 out of 100

Trail
Slick
Rain 2 days
8.1 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
18°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 160, good
  2. Mon 262, good
  3. Tue 386, good
  4. Wed 488, good
  5. Thu 588, good
  6. Fri 685, good
  7. Sat 778, good
  8. Sun 857, fair
  9. Mon 996, good
  10. Tue 1075, good

The spot in three facts

  • Bike parkor trail centre
  • Up to S3Singletrail scale
  • Best in Jan6 good days in 7

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 Mākara Peak Mountain Bike Park
DayScoreTrailRain 2 daysRainAir
Sun 1Nov*60, goodUnknown–0 mm15°C
Mon 2Nov*62, goodUnknown0 mm0.1 mm17°C
Tue 3Nov*86, goodUnknown0.1 mm0.2 mm18°C
Wed 4Nov*88, goodUnknown0.3 mm0 mm19°C
Thu 5Nov*88, goodUnknown0.2 mm0 mm20°C
Fri 6Nov*85, goodUnknown0.9 mm0.6 mm18°C
Sat 7Nov*78, goodUnknown2.4 mm2.4 mm17°C
Sun 8Nov57, fairSlick8.1 mm0 mm18°C
Mon 9Nov*96, goodUnknown6.6 mm0 mm18°C
Tue 10Nov*75, goodUnknown0.6 mm2.4 mm17°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.

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Photos of Mākara Peak Mountain Bike Park

Mountain Bike At Makara Peak MTB Park, Wellington, New Zealand
Photo: TRAILSOURCE.COM, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Makara Peak MTB Upswing Bridge
Near Mākara Peak Mountain Bike Park. Photo: Nigel Cross, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Makara suspension bridge
Photo: ShakyIsles, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Mākara Peak Mountain Bike Park

A bike park or trail centre is mapped here. Hardest trail: S3 on the Singletrail scale. Best from Oct to Mar. The nearest town to stay in is Wellington.

  • Routes No mountain bike route is mapped here as a route.
  • Bike park Bike park or trail centre
  • Hardest Hardest trail: S3 on the Singletrail scale.

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$1,780–US$3,420 each

about US$1,780–US$3,420 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 WLG, estimated from distance and season, changing at DFW and AKL, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$844–US$1,750
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$20–US$33
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$1,780–US$3,420

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Wellington

Closest

Wellington

9 min by car · 2 places to stay

about US$127/nightcountry average

See 2 places to stay in Wellington · Booking.com

About Wellington 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 10m

About 29h 10m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → WLG, changing at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and Auckland International Airport (AKL), then 30 min by road

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