Darcside Trail at Bare Creek Bike Park

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1,207 ft

Distance

30 ft

Climb

-116 ft

Descent

00:03:31

Avg time

-86 ft

Altitude change

422 ft

Altitude min

522 ft

Altitude max

522 ft

Altitude start

436 ft

Altitude end

-7.1%

Grade

-32.3%

Grade max

13.5%

Grade min

358 ft

Distance climb

784 ft

Distance down

66 ft

Distance flat

00:03:31

Avg time

Darcside Details

Activities
- Mountain Bike
Riding Area

Bare Creek Bike Park
Sydney
Difficulty Rating

Proline Rate
Voted Difficulty

Double Black Diamond (3 votes)
Local Popularity

75 in Mountain Biking
Global Ranking

#16694 in Mountain Biking
Trail Type

Singletrack
Bike Type

DH, AM, DJ
Direction

Downhill Only
Physical Rating

Extreme
Trail Visibility

Always easy to follow
TTFs on Trail

Drop, Gap Jump
Land Owner

Northern Beaches Council

Darcside. If you look up to the freeride greats, worship the Fest Series and reckon you have what it takes, then this trail should get you excited. Never drop into this trail without inspecting every feature before every session.

There are multiple entrances into the first main feature, The Assassin hip. You can either start halfway up the access road, and fly into the Reach Around, behind the Squid jib as mapped. You can also hip right on the Squid Jib after hitting the Zapper, and throw in a few pedals. However, you can also hip to the right hand side of The Zapper and straight across the access road.

After pulling up to the moon on The Assassin hip, send it down the The Next Dimension drop and mega-berm into the 42-footer. Trail speed should be perfect for you to fly up The Mountain step up. Now, you can either take advantage of the bench for a hard-earned rest, or turn straight around and drop off The Diving Board, straight into Rodney - the final big step up. From there, you skip across the Culvert Gap and laugh your way to the top.

PARK INFO:
Bare Creek Bike Park is not like other riding spots. It has been built on a former landfill, and designed to provide the sort of freeride-style jump trails which are not typically appropriate in bushland. These sorts of trails are different from what many riders will have experienced in the past. They rely on a predictable smooth trail surface, and are constructed using clay fines. As a result, they require a different level of care and attention than singletrack or enduro-style trails.

Bare Creek is maintained by a committed and passionate trail crew, who want to keep the park in prime condition for many years to come. It's not paid employees; it's not council workers; it's your fellow riders. Some of them are on the grumpy side, and chances are those are the ones who will catch you doing the wrong thing. So, some words of wisdom...

Never walk on the trails or trail features. Not only is that insanely dangerous, it will cause major damage. There are designated walking trails are the park, and jumps are not to be used as playground equipment.

Stay off wet trails, closed trails, and trails where your tingling spidey sense tells you that dropping in would be the wrong thing to do. The park will be closed if the trails sustain damage from improper use, and only reopen once the volunteers have had a chance to complete repairs.

Don't roll over the lips. Rolling over the lips not only misses the point, it causes damage which might end up hurting your fellow riders. Please don't drop into a trail if you know in advance that you re not ready to make a safe and serious attempt to clear all features.

Never skid. Modern day brakes are pretty amazing, so there's no excuse for skids. Skids cause lasting damage to the trail surface.

If a trail is closed off with ropes, chains, signs or anything like that: DO NOT DROP IN. There's likely a very good reason. Please leave it for the trail crew to decide when it's OK to reopen a trail.

Educate other riders. The only way we are going to keep this park running is if we all work together to keep the trails safe from damage.