4,350 ft
Distance
109 ft
Climb
-103 ft
Descent
00:07:37
Avg time

GC2018 Loop 3 Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
  • Riding Area
    Nerang National Park
    Gold Coast
  • Ref Number
    #8
  • AKA
    Comm Games loop 3
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Black Diamond (2 votes)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC, Adaptive MTB
  • Direction
    One Direction
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes up to Class 1
  • TTFs on Trail
    Berm, Drop, Jump
  • Global Ranking
    #3534 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #458 in E-Biking
  • Local Popularity
    90 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 85 in E-Biking
  • Year Opened
    2017
  • Land Manager
    Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
  • OSM Way
    #473485775

GC2018 Commonwealth Games loop 3, starting from fireroad

source: Nerang National Park map
Adaptive Bike Info
aMTB 2 Rating: Obstacles exist. You may or may not be able to ride this solo. Support rider recommended.

A couple of drops, rocks and jumps but all are rollable or have a B Line around

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for GC2018 Loop 3 mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    6 ft
  • Altitude min
    84 ft
  • Altitude max
    194 ft
  • Altitude start
    84 ft
  • Altitude end
    92 ft
  • Grade
    0.1%
  • Grade max
    -17.9%
  • Grade min
    19.8%
  • Distance climb
    2,054 ft
  • Distance down
    2,044 ft
  • Distance flat
    253 ft
  • Avg time
    00:07:37
  • Avg reverse time
    00:10:33
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Status:
on Mar 16, 2022
Variable
Avg: 3.7 (7 votes)
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      GC2018 Loop 3 Trail Reports

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      Mar 16, 2022 @ 11:21pm
      Mar 16, 2022
      		 reporter Trails have dried out nicely and renovation works have been completed to Baileys, B+Bs and Casuarina. There may still be minor issues and trees...
      Mar 3, 2022 @ 2:44am
      Mar 3, 2022
      		 reporter Please allow the trails to dry out after the recent weather event of 600mm in 3 days. Stick to the management trails if you must ride. Trailcare...
      Dec 25, 2021 @ 3:10pm
      Dec 25, 2021
      Dec 23, 2021 @ 4:12pm
      Dec 23, 2021
      Nov 29, 2021 @ 2:44am
      Nov 29, 2021
      		 reporter
      HoP work on the 29/11 (rescheduled 23/11 HoP) involved work on both the lower section of the GC3 Climbing trail, in addition to Casuarina Loop and...
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 11 rides
      • 11 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 159 rides
      • 9 miles avg distance
      All
      • 4,788 rides
      • Last: Aug 10, 2022

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      5 Reviews & Comments

      • + 0
      willylovesmtb (Sep 13, 2021 at 3:03)
      My fav trail. Very flowy and fun. Not a black though, good to grow confidence on
      [Reply]
      • + 1
      Sonofhans NTCA (Sep 14, 2021 at 14:53)
      Thanks Willy, watch this space. We're hoping to get some work done on it in the next few months to bring it back up to black rating.
      [Reply]
      • + 0
      MotoAdvocate (Jul 31, 2020 at 0:06)
      Hardly a black, the last section of 3 hills blue is harder.
      [Reply]
      • + 0
      GCcowboy (Jun 22, 2020 at 4:40)
      Not sure how it's a black. Barely a blue. Need a heaps of work!
      [Reply]
      • + 0
      oskaat739 (Apr 1, 2020 at 0:53)
      not many big jumps like loop 1 but super tight turns flows super well and i even saw a wallaby on it if your looking for the next thing up from beginners rides do this one
      [Reply]





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