11.3 miles
Distance
1,256 ft
Climb
-1,258 ft
Descent
1,890 ft
High Point
-1 ft
Altitude change
1,185 ft
Altitude min
1,187 ft
Altitude start
1,184 ft
Altitude end
-26.1%
Grade max
38.8%
Grade min
6 miles
Distance climb
4 miles
Distance down
1 mile
Distance flat

Start with the up section of "Shack track",Up the new alignment on Highway to Hill. Turn Right onto Purplexed,. Head up "Hurley Burley/Shark Attack" (past the shortcut bail-out point) onto the steep climb of "Reo". Have a break then get stuck into the awesome descent of "Kokoda/Auburn/T3" cross the bridge on "Willow tree road" again and return via "Lello's Link" in reverse and the down section of "Shack track"

Detailed Description
Yack Purple Loop is a 11 mile popular intermediate route located near Yackandandah. This mountain bike only route. This route includes 10 trails. This route climbs 1,256 ft with a max elevation of 1,890 ft then descends -1,258 ft.
Tags
Bridges
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Stats

  • Distance
    11 miles
  • Avg time
    1 hr 36 min
  • Altitude min
    1,185 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,187 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,184 ft
  • Climb
    1,256 ft
  • Descent
    -1,258 ft
  • Grade max
    -26.1%
  • Grade min
    38.8%
  • Distance climb
    6 miles
  • Distance down
    4 miles
  • Distance flat
    1 mile

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Avg: 4 (5 votes)
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Recent Trail Reports Along Route

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Kokoda
Nov 2, 2026 @ 10:14am (Australia/Melbourne)
12 hours
Removed tree from across trail
Indigo Epic - Shack Track
Oct 20, 2026 @ 7:03pm (Australia/Melbourne)
Oct 20, 2026
some brain surgeon has cut off the sign post that had our counter embedded in it. the sign post and counter are in our container. reporter
Lello's Link
Sep 11, 2026 @ 2:52pm (Australia/Melbourne)
Sep 10, 2026
Hanging tree cleared from track
Auburn
Aug 16, 2026 @ 9:25pm (Australia/Melbourne)
Aug 16, 2026
The Auburn ‘river’ was flowing well today with two long areas (both about 150m), where the hillside drainage hits the track and then flows along it instead of crossing it. This was the first time that I have seen this amount of flowing water in the ‘S’ loops area, as usually the problem area is the straighter section beyond the ‘S’, that’s closer to town as per last report of 5th of July. ~> yet more drainage works required …. :-(
Indigo Epic - Shark Attack
Aug 11, 2026 @ 3:40pm (Australia/Melbourne)
Aug 10, 2026
Small tree cleared
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  • By rootercTF Pro YackTracks & contributors
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