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Starting just north of Adelaide and travelling to the Outback town of Blinman in the Flinders Ranges, the Mawson Trail is the ideal option for mountain bikers wanting to travel through South Australia’ s remote rural areas.
Close to nine hundred kilometres long, the trail includes little-used country roads, State forest and national park fire trails, farm access tracks and unmade or unused road reserves. It avoids traffic and bitumen roads and leads cyclists into the remote areas of the Ranges.
The trail takes riders through the Adelaide Hills, traversing forests, farmland and historic towns such as Lobethal and Birdwood. It passes the world-famous Barossa wine region to the mid-north towns of Kapunda and Burra and, from here, winds pass the towns of Hallett and Spalding through the Bundaleer Forest and into the Flinders Ranges.
The Mawson Trail is designed for mountain bike or sturdy touring bike use - it is not suitable for road bikes. There are several steep uphill sections and heavy rain on unmade tracks can make cycling very slow or impossible. However, spectacular views, abundant wildlife, unique flora and extensive vistas always reward the hard physical work.
Close to nine hundred kilometres long, the trail includes little-used country roads, State forest and national park fire trails, farm access tracks and unmade or unused road reserves. It avoids traffic and bitumen roads and leads cyclists into the remote areas of the Ranges.
The trail takes riders through the Adelaide Hills, traversing forests, farmland and historic towns such as Lobethal and Birdwood. It passes the world-famous Barossa wine region to the mid-north towns of Kapunda and Burra and, from here, winds pass the towns of Hallett and Spalding through the Bundaleer Forest and into the Flinders Ranges.
The Mawson Trail is designed for mountain bike or sturdy touring bike use - it is not suitable for road bikes. There are several steep uphill sections and heavy rain on unmade tracks can make cycling very slow or impossible. However, spectacular views, abundant wildlife, unique flora and extensive vistas always reward the hard physical work.
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- Mountain Bike
3 trails
- E-Bike
3 trails
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- Trails (view details)
- 3
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 3
- Trails E-Bike
- 3
- Total Distance
- 321 miles
- Total Descent Distance
- 145 miles
- Total Descent
- 8,825 ft
- Total Vertical
- 1,714 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 2,122 ft
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Popular The Mawson Trail Mountain Biking Trails
| status | title | difficulty | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mawson Trail Section 1 The Mawson Trail | |||
| Mawson Trail Section 2 The Mawson Trail | |||
| Mawson Trail Section 3 The Mawson Trail |
Recent Ridelog Activity in Region
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Videos of The Mawson Trail Mountain Bike
trail: Mawson Trail Section 2
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Dec 3, 2020 , Tanunda
Activity Feed
| username | action | type | title | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | clp | wishlist | trail | Mawson Trail Section 1 and 2 more | Apr 22, 2021 @ 4:24am Apr 22, 2021 |
| clp | wishlist | trail | Mawson Trail Section 1 and 2 more | Mar 11, 2021 @ 1:45am Mar 11, 2021 |
 | jankyfrank | add | video | Roadtripping the Mawson Trail | Dec 3, 2020 @ 11:26pm Dec 3, 2020 |
| HDeane | wishlist | trail | Mawson Trail Section 1 | Oct 11, 2020 @ 2:21am Oct 11, 2020 |
| MartinMdcjXd | wishlist | trail | Mawson Trail Section 2 and 1 more | Sep 30, 2020 @ 8:01am Sep 30, 2020 |
Activity Type Stats
| activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Bike | 3 | 321 miles | 8,825 ft | 145 miles | 1,713 ft | 72 | ||||||
| E-Bike | 3 | 321 miles | 8,825 ft | 145 miles | 1,713 ft |
- By Coneofsilence
SMBA TRAILFORKS & contributors - Admins: Jake-Hannah, Addzz, MTBA, NPSA, Coneofsilence
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