This month, Richard Smithers, of Picton, was the lucky 100,000th visitor to the bike park.
The world-class track attracted international and World Cup riders over the eight-month season from September and has been touted as the best off-season training ground for many of them.
World Cup racers Brook Macdonald, of Hawkes Bay, and Markus Pekkoll, of Austria, used the course while training for team Mondraker in preparation for joining the international race circuit in the northern hemisphere.
Members of World Cup Team Morewood also had a two-week stint in Queenstown.
Six-time world champion downhill racer Nathan Rennie, of Australia, started a bike coaching camp at the resort this season, which attracted riders from New Zealand and abroad.
One of the park's pulling cards is the easy access to the top of the mountain using the Skyline gondola.
• The 2011-12 season will close on Sunday, April 29. At 5pm a final downhill "mega train" will leave from the top of the gondola.
