Other North East Rides
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Ben Lomond Descent
This is a ripper of a downhill ride with self-shuttle available. Total drop from alpine ski resort is 1050 vertical metres, done over 20 km.
Starting in the alpine Ski Village at 1450m, this awesome trip takes you down the spectacular Jacobs Ladder road before connecting to old four wheel drive tracks through the eucaplypt forests. There is also a fantastic single-track section, part of the annual Ben Lomond Descent multi-sport race. It then continue on fire trails and other single tracks to finish on the Blessington Road at 400m. Mountain Bike Tasmania also offers this as a commercial guided ride. Info at this link Great write up and photos about pedaling up and down by Tassie Rambler at this link. Riding up is the same course as the Launceston Mountain Bike Club's King & Queen of the Mountain. Ben Mather holders the record for this leg burning ride, which is about 1 hour and 10 minutes. Average riders take between 2 & 3 hours to ride up and 1 - 2 to go down.... Maps at this link |
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Mt Stronach, via Scottsdale
Mt Stronach is a great ride for cyclists with reasonable technical riding skills who enjoy their climbing and descending. You'll gain and lose up to 340 metres in altitude (or 280 metres if you only go to the end of the 4WD track rather than the trig point), but if you're confident on your bike it is worth every pedal stroke, even if you have to push your bike up the first section. It's really fun riding with a pretty nice view (and rock play area) at the top to make it all worthwhile. Having said that I'm slow and not that good a rider, and I still really enjoyed this trail, it just took me a lot longer.
Track notes and GPX file at www.tassietrails.org - Mt Stronach |
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