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With lengthened pants and visas, Queenstown's mountain bike community has soldiered on despite being surrounded by snow-capped mountains, curious-looking winter folk and a noticeable drop in temperature.

But unlike the weather, the town’s mountain bike community has been far from chill. Queenstown Mountain Bike Club (QMTBC) is going from strength to strength, with plans for exciting developments in the near future. The Queenstown Bike Park has also seen a lot of new improvements, as the progressive trails carved into the steep Ben Lomond hillside breed a melting pot of talented riders.

Queenstown’s huge array of trails comes down to an incredible local scene with over two decades’ worth of graft and drive to pursue a shared vision.

I first time learnt about Queenstown in the Naughties watching Nathan Greenwood school mountain bike celebs on ‘Drop in TV’ with his huge senders on Dream Track, while the likes of Tim Ceci (of Vertigo Bikes) chopped in the first trail ‘Vertigo’ on the hillside that now houses the