4.9 miles
Distance
491 ft
Climb
-718 ft
Descent
00:47:57
Avg time

Cripple Creek Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Valley Heights Trails
    Valley Heights NSW
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Trail Type
    Dirt/Gravel Road
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC, Fat, Gravel
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Climb Difficulty
    Black Diamond
  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • Season
    All year, except after heavy rains
  • Family Friendly
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes up to Class 1
  • Ride in Rain
    Yes
  • Local Popularity
    85 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 50 in E-Biking
    • 50 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking
  • Year Opened
    2024

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Cripple Creek is a 8 km popular blue dirt/gravel road family friendly scenic trail located near Valley Heights NSW. This mountain bike primary trail can be used both directions and has a hard overall physical rating with a 150 m black diamond climb. On average it takes 47 minutes to complete this trail.

More Stats for Cripple Creek mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -227 ft
  • Altitude min
    542 ft
  • Altitude max
    868 ft
  • Altitude start
    865 ft
  • Altitude end
    640 ft
  • Grade
    -0.9%
  • Grade max
    -41.5%
  • Grade min
    35%
  • Distance climb
    2 miles
  • Distance down
    2 miles
  • Distance flat
    4,705 ft
  • Avg time
    00:47:57
  • Avg reverse time
    01:03:10
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on Dec 14, 2024
Ideal
Avg: 4.13 (1 votes)
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      Cripple Creek Trail Reports

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      Dec 14, 2024 @ 9:55pm
      Dec 14, 2024
      		 ok
      Nov 9, 2024 @ 12:41am
      Nov 9, 2024
      Jun 28, 2024 @ 9:39am
      Jun 28, 2024
      		 Still very wet and a few of the creeks were deep enough that I didn't want to ride through on the ebike. Long angle descent rutted
      Apr 16, 2024 @ 3:09am
      Apr 16, 2024
      		 Some water damage
      Feb 18, 2024 @ 2:42am
      Feb 18, 2024
      		 ok
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

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      • 0 rides
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      6 Months
      • 1 rides
      • 17 miles avg distance
      All
      • 2 rides
      • Last: Mar 22, 2025

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