BEECHWORTH & DISTRICT
MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAILS

DOWNHILL Mount Stanley Downhill The Mount Stanley DH course is Australia's biggest and certainly one of the most challenging. A 6km course with a vertical drop of 730 metres ! An infamous rock garden, sweet singletrack and fast fireroad thrown in for variety. The start of the downhill course at Mount Mount Stanley is 19km from Beechworth. Advanced riders only ! (Click image above for more information) "Woolshed Track" This is a cross-country friendly downhill track which is around 3km long and is a mix of very cool singletrack and firetrail. You can find the main lower part of the trail from the junction of the Wodonga and Chiltern Roads. Look below on the roadside reserve. The bottom of the track comes out onto the Beechworth-Chiltern Rd just about 100m downhill from and opposite the turnoff to "Woolshed Falls" (Mc Feeters Rd). Look for the Parks Victoria "Woolshed Valley" interpretative sign. This is where the track ends. CROSS-COUNTRY Beechworth Mountain Bike Park Finally an area the club can use dedicated to mountain biking, thanks to the support of the Indigo Shire Council. A network of singletrack, a fun jump park, North Shore and more. The trails are marked out as a loop with options for 'easier', 'more difficult', 'advanced' and 'expert' tracks. Get out there and explore the trails. To find the trail head drive out along High Street from the centre of town (heading East towards the Football Oval) for 2.5km (road turns to dirt and becomes Alma Rd). Look for the big Beechworth Mountain Bike sign on your left on the corner of Alma and Greenwattle Roads. Simply follow the trail signs to ride the 'Cross Country Loop' and/or the 'Jumps Track'. Check out the photo gallery for some pics of riding at the MTB Park. Currently over 8km of singletrack and counting ! Click here to see the Beechworth Mountain Bike Park map. This is a good area to ride in the wet. (Click image above for more information) Everton Pines Trails A network of singletrack in the pine forest in Everton off Diffey Rd (10km south of Beechworth) and next to the Rail Trail. Ride for an hour and stay totally on singletrack ! A XC State Round race was held here in February 2003. Click here for details from this event (including a location map). The pine needle covered trails are still there so get out and enjoy them ! Update (June 2005)- The trees and weeds across the tracks had mostly been cleared up but now the Logging trucks have been in thinning out the pines. Best to leave this area alone for a while and see how much of a mess is left ! Rowdy Flat (Yackandandah) An old mining area littered with great singletrack. To get to the trails at Rowdy Flat, drive out of Yackandandah towards Wodonga and turn right onto Racecourse Rd. Follow Racecourse Rd for about 2km and take the first road (dirt) on the right (opposite Wildon Ave). Drive through to the open clearing area (just before the creek crossing) and park the car. Ride the vehicle track that fords the creek then head uphill for about 40 metres until you see some singletrack on the right. Follow this uphill and explore the singletrack and mining trails in the area. It's not too big so you can't really get too lost. Check out this photo gallery page for some pics of riding at Rowdy Flat. Tracks get very greasy in the wet. (Click image above for more information) Mountain Bike Gold Rush (point to point rides) The club runs two annual classic point to point mountain bike rides, the Mountain Bike Gold Rush events. There's the Beechworth-Yackandandah event in Autumn and the Beechworth-Eldorado event in Spring. To ride these trails socially at other times, here is a basic list of the tracks used on both courses. It is essential that you buy a more detailed map, available in town if you are unfamiliar with the course and the area. We hope to have a downloadable map of the Gold Rush courses available on the website soon. Remember that unless you plan on riding back to Beechworth, these rides are a one-way point to point ride. Arrange a car shuttle or have someone pick you up ! (Click image above for more information) Beechworth Historic Park (Parks Victoria) Click here to download Beechworth Historic Park, Park Notes/Maps (pdf file, 730kb) Beechworth & District Mountain Bike Guide Book Sample ride description + map (Ride 7 | Stanley-Mopoke Track) Click here to download Ride 7 | Stanley-Mopoke Track description (pdf file, 88kb) Click here to download Ride 7 | Stanley-Mopoke Track map (pdf file, 48kb) Other Mountain Bike Destinations in the area BRIGHT (35min drive) - Some great flowing XC singletrack and technical trails along the Ovens River (Cherry Walk), Baker's Gully Reservoir and pine forest area, a XC trail off from Valley View Walk and the Wandiligong Walk. For DH junkies try Mystic DH from the launch site (paragliding/hang gliding) off Mystic Mountain. ALBURY (35min drive) - Nail Can Hill, a plethora of singletrack !! Just explore the trails off of the main Ridge Track closed to vehicles. Click here for a map of the trails. MOUNT BEAUTY (1hr drive) - Home of the Nationals and really great MTB'ing for both XC and DH including the Big Hill and Mt Beauty short courses. The ride down the Survey Track from Cranky Charlie (5km up the Falls Creek Rd) is a blast !