Mountain Bike Trails
List of trails: http://bike.mtbuller.com.au/cms-assets/documents/229867-337830.2015-16-mtbmapweb-small-file-size.pdf
AUSTRALIAN ALPINE EPIC
Grade: Intermediate / Advanced
Distance: 40km
Riding time: 4 – 7 hours (ability dependant)
Gradient: Long distance, includes singletrack, fire trail sections and moderately challenging slopes
Fitness: High endurance, medium technical skill
BOX CORNER LINK
Grade: Intermediate
Distance: 700m
Riding time: 15 minutes
Gradient: Mostly flat
Fitness: Low
Description: Easy access to Delatite River Trail from Mt Buller _Tourist Road, or can be used for riders wishing to exit Delatite _River Trail and ride Mt Buller Tourist Road back to the Village.
CLANCY’S RUN
Grade: Intermediate
Distance: 2km
Riding Time: 10 minutes
Gradient: Wide fire trail to narrow singletrack descending down through some switchbacks
Fitness: Medium endurance and technical skill
Description: From the top of Misty Twist, continue along the fire trail. Take a breather and enjoy the unique view of Mt Buller before launching yourself down the fast and exhilarating single track back to the Picnic Table.
COPPERHEAD
Grade: Intermediate
Distance: 2.5km
Riding Time: 5 – 20 minutes (ability dependant)
Gradient: Descending flow down trail on single track, average gradient of 5%, maximum gradient of 15%, incorporating multiple bermed corners. Includes some sections on fire roads but the surface is capped in most areas.
Fitness: Medium endurance and technical skill
Description: Australia’s first flow down trail begins at the Northside Discovery Centre, snaking its way down Shaky Knees ski run. Large deep berms pump riders out and into a descent past Alpine Central through a number of switch backs before joining Home Trail, then it’s a final plunge through a number of fun and flowy corners, over a bridge and finishing at the Chalet Creek mid-station of the Northside Express Chairlift.
CORN HILL
Grade: Intermediate
Distance: 1km
Riding Time: 25 minutes
Gradient: Wide fire trail and narrow singletrack featuring _technical steep ascents and technical fast descents
Fitness: Medium to high endurance and technical skill
Description: Steep rocky ascent on a mix of narrow single track featuring flowing technical sections and wide fire trail to the intersection of Woolybutt and Medusa Trails.
DELATITE RIVER TRAIL
Grade: Intermediate
Distance: 12km
Riding Time: 1 – 2 hours
Gradient: Remote descending trail. Moderately challenging wide descending trail with river crossings
Fitness: Medium endurance, medium technical skill
Description: Starting at the Picnic Table this fun and challenging ride is downhill all the way! Take care on the first steep section. Popular with other uses, so always try to ride at a safe and controlled speed and yield to horses and bushwalkers. Please take extra care at raised log bridges. For alternative/easier access enter via Box Corner or the Plough Shed – both off Mt Buller Tourist Road. *This is a shared trail – be aware of horses, bush walkers and trail runners and please share the trail.
EASY SKILLS TRAIL
Grade: Easy
Distance: 100m
Gradient: Mostly flat
Fitness: Low
Description: Hone your skills in the skills park before heading out onto the more challenging trails of Corn Hill and Mt Stirling. The Easy Skills _Trail is a short loop trail featuring rollers, berms, a log ride, some steps, _a see-saw and some timber ramps and platforms.
FAMILY TRAIL
Grade: Easy
Distance: 3km
Riding time: 30 minutes
Gradient: Gentle upwards and downwards slopes
Fitness: Low endurance, low technical skill
Description: Follow the green Bike Buller logo stencils on the road from the Clock Tower, along to the end of Goal Post Road where the trail begins. An easy, fun ride for the whole family. Popular with walkers, so always ride at a safe and controlled speed and be courteous to other trail users. The trail finishes at the western end of The Avenue.