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All things trail building. Get ready for a truly epic ride experience…
Dust off your bike and pull out your mountain bike gear, the Indigo Epic trail officially opens to ride in two short weeks from 12pm on Wednesday 15 March 2023. We sat down with Callum from BCX Projects to gain insight on what goes into building this single track rollercoaster ride of berms, features and…
Read MoreDescents, Berms & Ferns…it’s going to be Epic!
You can feel the excitement with only three weeks to go until the Indigo Epic mountain bike trail officially opens to ride from 12pm on Wednesday 15 March 2023. Ride High Country Ambassador Paul van der Ploeg can’t wait to take on “the long flowing downhill from Beechworth to Yack Tracks with loads of progressive…
Read MoreFlowing descents & undulating climbs – the Indigo Epic has something for everyone
The countdown continues with only a month to go until the highly anticipated Indigo Epic trail officially opens to ride from 12pm on Wednesday 15 March 2023. To help plan your Indigo Epic adventure we’re revealing more exciting trail details each week as we countdown to the launch. This week we’re doing a dive into…
Read MoreThe Epic Countdown Begins
It’s EPIC, it’s linking the townships of Beechworth and Yackandandah and it’s opening in March! We’re excited to announce that the highly anticipated Indigo Epic trail will officially be open to ride from 12pm on Wednesday 15 March 2023. The Indigo Epic Trail is a brand new All Mountain single track mountain biking trail connecting…
Read MoreKick off your spring with a long weekend of gravel riding in Beechworth
The Trek UCI Gravel World Series is headed to Victoria’s High Country, and race day is just over a month away. Gravelista, held in Beechworth on September 3-4, is the second event in Australia for the inaugural Trek UCI Gravel World Series, which includes both new and existing races around the world where competitors can…
Read MorePeaks Challenge vs Tour de France: The Road Climbs Compared
Peaks Challenge Falls Creek is regarded as one of the hardest (but most rewarding) one-day bike rides in Australia… but does it stack up against a mountain stage of the 2022 Tour de France? Not a chance, you say? The stats are a whole lot closer than you might think. The team at Bicycle Network…
Read MoreIt will be Epic. With a capital E.
Several weeks back Callum from BCX Projects and the team at TrailScapes gave us an exclusive tour of the under-construction EPIC Mountain Bike Trail between Beechworth and Yackandandah… and wow, it’s looking sweet! This incredible and immersive trail will link the existing Yack Tracks MTB network in the Stanley State Forest to Beechworth Historic Park…
Read MoreSnag your earlybird ticket to Ignition Mountain Bike Festival at Falls Creek
Ignition Mountain Bike Festival, Blue Dirt’s annual party that kicks off the mountain bike season at Falls Creek, is on again this November 18-20 and the earlybird tickets have just been released. Despite some annoying interference from old mate Covid, this festival has gone from strength to strength over the last few years and the…
Read MoreMud Wars… Cyclocross returns to Beechworth!
It’s been over three years since the last race of the Vic Series Cyclocross series was held at Lake Sambell in Beechworth. Well, in 2022 it’s back … and not just one race but two. On 13-14 August the natural amphitheatre between the Lake Sambell Caravan Park and Lake Sambell itself provides the arena for…
Read MoreDreaming of warm summer days on the bike?
The 2023 Alpine Classic isn’t just another summer cycling event in Victoria’s majestic high country, it’s an experience that will stay with you forever. Set on the Saturday of the Australia Day Long Weekend in January so you don’t have to rush home after your ride, it will challenge and reward you regardless of which…
Read MoreTime to break out the knobby tyres, it’s Cyclocross season
As I write this, warm and cosy at my kitchen table on a work from home day, I’m listening to the rain increase its intensity just two metres away on the other side of my kitchen window. I hadn’t planned to write a Ride High Country blog post today, but the cold and wet conditions…
Read MoreDon’t miss the 2022 MAAP Beechworth Granite Classic
If you missed the inaugural Beechworth Granite Classic gravel weekend in 2021, don’t make the same mistake this year! Held annually over the weekend closest to ANZAC Day (22-24 April in 2022), it’s a veritable festival of gravel cycling on some of the most rewarding backroads and forest tracks in the Ride High Country region.…
Read MoreFree coffee in Melbourne this Saturday – Nov 2021
Are you donning your kit and heading out for a Saturday morning ride with your bunchie this weekend? Come find the Ride High Country marquee in Melbourne to score a free coffee on us! All you need to do is find us on the morning of Saturday 20 Nov 2021, between 8am and 10am, enter…
Read MoreThe Victoria Divide 550 Bikepacking Race Is Rolling Through Victoria’s High Country
Organised in the sense that it has start and finish points, yet unorganised in the sense that there’s no support, no traffic management and no feed stations, the Victoria Divide 550 is an off-road bikepacking event that travels from the Yarra River in Melbourne to the Murray River in Wodonga via the Great Dividing Range.…
Read MoreFalls Creek + Cycling – We Catch Up With Sarah Watt and Nick Buckley
In late January Ride High Country snuck up to Falls Creek to chat with the crew from Falls Creek Resort Management about how cycling is going from strength to strength up on the mountain. FCRM’s Marketing Manager Sarah Watt and Events Manager Nick Buckley shared their thoughts… RHC: Hi Sarah & Nick, thanks for being…
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