About us

World-class trails for Queenstown—planned with care, built for everyone.

Queenstown Trails is the charitable trust responsible for the planning and development of more than 200km of trails in the Whakatipu Basin. From commuter trails to single track, flow trails to back country loops, the Queenstown Trails link communities, enable adventure and provide positive social, conservation and economic benefits to the region.

Trails are a big part of why many people choose to live in, and visit Queenstown. Queenstown Trails has some ambitious goals to make Queenstown one of the world's leading biking and hiking destinations, with trails close to home for everyone who lives here.

With kaitiakitanga (guardianship and protection of the environment at our core, we're focused on developing sustainable trails that offer access to the stunning natural landscape of Queenstown. Whether a runner, biker, or hiker, our trails are your trails. We hope you enjoy them.

Trails

Queenstown Trails is committed to facilitating the shared vision of linking together the 23 Great Rides throughout New Zealand. Working closely with our trail alliance partners, we are increasing accessibility, providing a more diverse offering of trails and advocate for community focused travel routes promoting active modes of transport.

Environment

Protecting and looking after our landscape is key to our plans for the future, and you can expect to see trails at the centre of large-scale conservation projects.

People

Trail users, volunteers, donors and funders, stakeholders and partners, all play a key role in ensuring the ongoing success of the Queenstown Trails work.

Technology

Technology plays an important role int rail development and enabling a seamless experience for trail users.

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Planning, protecting, and
growing our trail network

The role of Queenstown Trails is to plan, develop, maintain and improve our world-class trail network, and we have big plans for the future.

Our core values - Inspiring Adventures, Creating Experiences and Connecting People, continue to provide the foundation for our vision.

Find out more about our vision for the Next 10 Years of the Queenstown Trail

QUEENSTOWN TRAILS STRATEGIC PLAN

Our focus for the next 10 years
will be these four pillars:

Trails

Trails - further enhancement of the trail network, broadening the scope of the trails on offer from accessible cycleways and active transport routes, to multi-day adventures and backcountry single track.
Environment - We want the trails we build to have a positive impact on the environment. Enabling appropriate access results in an array of conservation outcomes and we're proud to be an active supporter and member of the Whakatipu Conservation Alliance.
People - are at the heart of everything we do - trail users, land owners, stake holders, events and funders. Linking communities to spread the economic benefit of the trails to the wider region, flourishing trail commerce and enhancing the trail experience for trail users are all vital for the success and enjoyment of the trails.
Technology - is becoming an increasingly important part of the trail user experience. Queenstown Trails is seeking to better connect to our audiences, allowing us to continually improve and enhance the trail network and the trail experience.  
Read the full strategic plan - Click here