Erica MTB Park
- Thread starter Fattrax
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Hope to see you out here soon.
Motorbike use close to town where the MTB park is has reduced heaps in recent years. DSE have being running a trail bike project for awhile pointing out that it is illegal to ride most singletrail in State forest on a dirt bike. With that they have fined plenty, and usually a few are unregistered or unlicenced, so the size of the fines adds up.
From what I see, 99% of the trailbikes ride straight past the singletrack entries and continue on 4wd tracks. The odd trailbike does use them, but I have not come across a trailbike rider when on the singletrail for months.
Thanks for the trail ideas. Super long berms and larger jumps lend themselves to machine construction or lots of people building. We will knock the first section of Winch Line through, get some of the AM crowd to ride it, then maybe run a build weekend to add more feature/jumps etc if you think it needs it.
shakes
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Great hear about the moto's, would of thought for sure they would be tearing up your single tracks.
I'm extremely hard to get on a free day but if you happen to have a trail building day when I have enough time to get down and back I'm good on a barrow and shovel. spent plenty of time working for a drainage/plumbing company.
be up there soon!
I'm extremely hard to get on a free day but if you happen to have a trail building day when I have enough time to get down and back I'm good on a barrow and shovel. spent plenty of time working for a drainage/plumbing company.
be up there soon!
AMB Review
Australian Mountainbike magazine have done a review of the Erica MTB Park. You can read it in their current edition #117. So check it out if you want some more info, or are still unsure if these trails actually exist.
Part of the review has been added to Trailmate, so if you cant get a hold of AMB, try there.
Australian Mountainbike magazine have done a review of the Erica MTB Park. You can read it in their current edition #117. So check it out if you want some more info, or are still unsure if these trails actually exist.
Part of the review has been added to Trailmate, so if you cant get a hold of AMB, try there.
Trails are fine but damp. Expect to get dirty from spray and some flicked mud. The southern trails, Axmen, Roots and All, Scream etc tend to be a bit drier, more sun.
I don't know what the weather is doing tomorrow but I would think it will be pretty cold (too cold for me).
Thanks for getting rid of the snakes for the rest of us. No chance of seeing any this time of year.
Pitty we don't have the first section of Winch Line finished for you. It comes off Scream just after the singletrail starts on Scream if you want to check out what we have built, but you will have to ride back up at the moment.
Hi Sunny. Not that I am any kind of judge on what a 6 or 9 year old is capable on a bike, but I would think most of the singletrail would be a bit steep. I would not have done it on my bmx when I was 6. That said, our blue trails, Crazy Snake, Berries and SSS don't have a heap of obstacles on the trail. The difficulty comes from riding at speed on narrow trails with lots of close trees and interesting corners etc, so if you take it slow, aside from the grade, they aren't too bad.
Currently the only real green trails are the Erica to Thomson Station rail trail starting at the mill park, and the Tyers Junction rail trail that starts on the Moe Rawson rd. Each of these are about 15km return. The Erica to Thomson rail trail holds a bit of water in winter, so expect to get dirty if you give it a go.
Great riding at Erica in the wet.
I travelled to the Erica Mountain Bike Park this weekend with 3 friends. It had been raining all week and most of Saturday, all the water made the uphill a bit of a challenge and through the fast downhill sections we all had a few near stacks. All up though the tracks are fun and there's a great mix on offer. Only negative is the lack of signage, finding the Gravel Dump trailhead is difficult and took some searching, the Mill Park tracks are a bit easier to located. Might be a good idea to invest a few dollars in permanent signs. We'll definitely be back later this year.
I travelled to the Erica Mountain Bike Park this weekend with 3 friends. It had been raining all week and most of Saturday, all the water made the uphill a bit of a challenge and through the fast downhill sections we all had a few near stacks. All up though the tracks are fun and there's a great mix on offer. Only negative is the lack of signage, finding the Gravel Dump trailhead is difficult and took some searching, the Mill Park tracks are a bit easier to located. Might be a good idea to invest a few dollars in permanent signs. We'll definitely be back later this year.
initial thoughts on Erica
whilst leaving Rigoni choking on my tyre smoke behind me, I thought the 3 trails on the west of the road at Gravel dump were signed ok once we found the start but Berries was hard to follow. And also a lot muddier (for those thinking of braving the wet). These trails did feel a bit on the short side to me though? However, the Mill Park tracks were longer and great fun, even in the wet. But even though there were signs, I still got lost, couldnt relate the map to the signs. But as in "Ill just ride back the way I came" lost, not "bugger Ive no idea where I am and its getting dark" lost so no big dramas. Nice place, looking forward to coming back in the dry
whilst leaving Rigoni choking on my tyre smoke behind me, I thought the 3 trails on the west of the road at Gravel dump were signed ok once we found the start but Berries was hard to follow. And also a lot muddier (for those thinking of braving the wet). These trails did feel a bit on the short side to me though? However, the Mill Park tracks were longer and great fun, even in the wet. But even though there were signs, I still got lost, couldnt relate the map to the signs. But as in "Ill just ride back the way I came" lost, not "bugger Ive no idea where I am and its getting dark" lost so no big dramas. Nice place, looking forward to coming back in the dry
Dark Helmet
Squid
Signage
Crazy snake, Bones and Axemens are 95% sign posted with more signs going up every week. Stage one of the new trail Whinchline is almost complete, with about 300m of trail left to build.
Happy riding.
Crazy snake, Bones and Axemens are 95% sign posted with more signs going up every week. Stage one of the new trail Whinchline is almost complete, with about 300m of trail left to build.
Happy riding.
ben.hoskin75
Squid
Went out today.
Rode Crazy Snakes - I walked my bike up the hill and then rode down if thats what your meant to do? Couldnt see myself riding up it.
Then went to the track next to the cemetary which was alot of fun, but was alot harder to follow.
Good fun!
Rode Crazy Snakes - I walked my bike up the hill and then rode down if thats what your meant to do? Couldnt see myself riding up it.
Then went to the track next to the cemetary which was alot of fun, but was alot harder to follow.
Good fun!
mudmav
Likes Dirt
What we really need to do is organize some .gpx gps files of the tracks, i think ill start doing it track by track next time im up their and hopefully that way we can get them included in this thread. That way if you have a gps or an iphone or like, you could download the tracks that you plan on riding and that way you dont have to worry about getting lost or not finding the tracks. I have done this with blores hill at glenn maggie and i have virtually every km of single trail in .gpx files and its come in handy when i have passed it on to mates. Maybe Fattrax is the one to be emailing the gps files to so he can distribute them from this thread. Im happy to start mapping next time i am their??
Gpx
Trailmate has gpx files for Erica available.
http://www.trailmate.com.au/home/vic/erica
I don't use the technology so I can't say how well this file works, but I am sure someone can tell me.
We were working on Winch Line today and got close to the first section finished. About 100m to go. I reckon it will be fast. Can't wait to see some serious guys hit it and see what can be done with the right bike.
Right now, finishing the bit of Winch Line and signing Berries is the priority. Will post when each is done.
Trailmate has gpx files for Erica available.
http://www.trailmate.com.au/home/vic/erica
I don't use the technology so I can't say how well this file works, but I am sure someone can tell me.
We were working on Winch Line today and got close to the first section finished. About 100m to go. I reckon it will be fast. Can't wait to see some serious guys hit it and see what can be done with the right bike.
Right now, finishing the bit of Winch Line and signing Berries is the priority. Will post when each is done.
Stevob
Likes Bikes and Dirt
Planning on doing a reconnaissance ride next Monday after staying in Warragul Sunday night, with a view to bringing some mates down sometime in the future.
As a reasonably fit rider, I'd imagine doing the lot in 3 or 4 hrs wouldn't be a problem would it? Can I just park in town and ride between the two locations? Any local riders up for a ride?
As a reasonably fit rider, I'd imagine doing the lot in 3 or 4 hrs wouldn't be a problem would it? Can I just park in town and ride between the two locations? Any local riders up for a ride?