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i rode petes trail last weekend and i have to say.......AWESOME!!!! Its flows like an endless pump trail ..well done guys ..
super cool trail!
super cool trail!
If you can believe this, yes there is a detailed map and we are not allowed to give it out! This and signposting are 2 of our big issues re park safety.is there a trail map of nerang single tracks getting around anywhere?
found the firetrail maps, but nothing showing all the trails u guys have been putting all the work into.
heading for a look tomor with a mate, tues arv, bout 3pm, and wont have a huge amount of time to explore.
appreciate any tips - looking for flow, jumps, berms. six inch travel a/m rigs. happy to session one good trail over and over to get it right or if there's a good 10-20km loop? where to park etc?
if u guys happen to be up there digging, happy to pay my dues, lemme know where..
Yes, that's the Kokoda Challenge and they will be using the fire roads ending at the velodrome. The fastest teams finish within 11 hours which is not shabby for 96km, especially when a guy I know who has done the real Kokoda walk 7 times, plus the Black Cat Track (much harder) in PNG said that last year a 200m section through Canungra took his team 20 minutes. The saddest and tiredest faces will be on Centre Fire Road through a lot of Sunday as well as Saturday. It is true they cannot get out of the way, because they are knackered. We actually would like to send them along all the singletrack because they compact everything better than a road roller! Foot power.Also a heads-up that there is an 8 hour adventure race on that will be using the Nerang forest area for mountain biking and trail walking / running this Saturday the 13th. Mountain bikers with map boards don't usually dodge oncoming strava chasers very well
Then it is going to be a really busy weekend as the Kokoda Challenge is definitely on July 13 and 14.I don't think Kokoda is on this weekend.
Ridgeline adventures are hosting the last of their adventure race series called "The Culminator" and it's a rogaine style event so there will be random people riding and walking all over the place in there with maps in their faces looking for check points.
Be careful in there peeps.
thanks for the heads up, popped into the shop and took a photo of the map on my phone, some nice trailwork going on in there, only scratched the surface and keen to go back up there for sure.If you can believe this, yes there is a detailed map and we are not allowed to give it out! This and signposting are 2 of our big issues re park safety.
Drop into the bike shop up the road - "Just Ride" before you hit the trail. It is only a couple of hundred metres from the trailhead and they have the big map on the back counter and lots of hints for a fun ride. Sorry about the lack of direct help.
Wimps, Mad Dogs and Norco Flow are all in the same basic area. Mad Dogs starts just east of Wimps and joins it lower down. Norco has bigger jumps and all of them will be changed and upgraded over time. There's also Barney's off the Centre (Three Hills) Fire Road and down to Exit Trail close to the velodrome - it is short, but fun. Other than that we are a bit short of gravity stuff - Pete's is fun, but not of the same challenge as the others. If you have really big stones there is The Outlook at the top of Highland Park on the other side (south) of Nerang. It self selects for the skilled and sick of mind.thanks for the heads up, popped into the shop and took a photo of the map on my phone, some nice trailwork going on in there, only scratched the surface and keen to go back up there for sure.
wimps would have to be my fave so far rocked my world.
what other trails would you recommend for the gravity inclined?
cool, thanks for all the info, i'll give those trails a look next ride up there, and try to come throw a shovel around one day.Wimps, Mad Dogs and Norco Flow are all in the same basic area. Mad Dogs starts just east of Wimps and joins it lower down. Norco has bigger jumps and all of them will be changed and upgraded over time. There's also Barney's off the Centre (Three Hills) Fire Road and down to Exit Trail close to the velodrome - it is short, but fun. Other than that we are a bit short of gravity stuff - Pete's is fun, but not of the same challenge as the others. If you have really big stones there is The Outlook at the top of Highland Park on the other side (south) of Nerang. It self selects for the skilled and sick of mind.
You will like Pete's. QPWS are nervous about all technical trail features and they do not really accept the place of DH specific trails as such. However, they do understand that some trails are descending and also demand that black diamond trails be one-way only (in this case - downward).cool, thanks for all the info, i'll give those trails a look next ride up there, and try to come throw a shovel around one day.
i have been to outlooks, but never really hit any of the big stuff, had a bad injury a few years back and kinda stopped riding dh, also i have a young son and another on the way, i'd like to see them grow up...
wimps was a comfy level for me, but not that it's all about jumps, i'll def be keen on any other trails which point even slightly downwards where there's some good flow, burms or just speed to get loose. just read back through the thread and Pete's looks cool too. nice work!
out of interest, what is QPWS view on the more dh oriented trails out there, are they going to stay dh or gradually be "softened" for safety concerns? you say jumps will be changed or upgraded? is it more a case of filling in dangerous gaps so they can be cased without danger of injury and controlling erosion etc. obviously the gradient isn't even close to imba standards. be interested to know as i always thought anything remotely dangerous would be a no go with QPWS. good on them if they have come to the party.
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I am assuming that this is because the trails were not finished yet? Seven months later, I understand that some of the new trails are finished. Are you now allowed to distribute the map?there is a detailed map and we are not allowed to give it out
Nope. QPWS says maps can only include legalised trail. At this stage that means Casuarina Loop, Three Hills Singletrack and Pete's Track (plus Pete's Extension that joins onto Casuarina). We say there should be an accurate map of all trails as the area is confusing and convoluted unless you are really familiar with it. There are Strava and other maps online and we do have our own comprehensive map. One is on the back counter at Just Ride in Nerang. however, we are not allowed to post it or displat it at the trailhead.I went for a ride at Nerang yesterday for the first time. I rode the two marked trails and was then for a while on a bunch of unmarked single track. No idea where I was...
I am assuming that this is because the trails were not finished yet? Seven months later, I understand that some of the new trails are finished. Are you now allowed to distribute the map?