2.1 miles
Distance
190 ft
Climb
-546 ft
Descent
00:23:34
Avg time

Lost World Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
  • Riding Area
    Nerang National Park
    Gold Coast
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Blue (1 vote)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC
  • Direction
    Both Directions
    Popular direction shown
  • Climb Difficulty
    Blue
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes up to Class 1
  • Global Ranking
    #22110 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #496 in E-Biking
  • Local Popularity
    70 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 95 in E-Biking
  • Land Manager
    Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
  • OSM Way
    #612501078

An adventurous trail leading down to the headwaters of Coombabah Creek. If you want a rain forest ride this is one of the best in the area.

Access Info

Follow the existing Lost World track to the bottom. It crosses the creek and climbs the facing slope til it joins up with Avatar track. Avatar, Pandora, and Super Loop are accessible from this point.

This trail is unsanctioned.

Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Lost World mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -356 ft
  • Altitude min
    316 ft
  • Altitude max
    725 ft
  • Altitude start
    725 ft
  • Altitude end
    371 ft
  • Grade
    -3.2%
  • Grade max
    -28.8%
  • Grade min
    30.2%
  • Distance climb
    2,815 ft
  • Distance down
    1 mile
  • Distance flat
    1,309 ft
  • Avg time
    00:23:34
  • Avg reverse time
    00:32:46
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Status:
on Apr 16, 2021
Ideal
Avg: 4 (7 votes)

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  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
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  • Ideal
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  • Very Dry
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      Lost World Trail Reports

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      Apr 16, 2021 @ 6:13am
      Apr 16, 2021
      		 Trees cleared
      Apr 12, 2021 @ 3:21am
      Apr 12, 2021
      Tree down about halfway. Ramp created but proceed with caution
      Dec 21, 2020 @ 4:32pm
      Dec 21, 2020
      		 Trees cleared. Ride with caution as still lots of leaf litter and sticks down.
      Dec 14, 2020 @ 7:24pm
      Dec 14, 2020
      		 Trees down blocking trail lower section after storms
      Oct 15, 2020 @ 1:13pm
      Oct 15, 2020
      		 Very loose at the start and dry despite recent rain. Beautiful rainforest once you get down in the valley. Decent bridges and a stagnant creek at...
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 4 rides
      • 20 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 126 rides
      • 15 miles avg distance
      All
      • 1,150 rides
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      Photos

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      Jul 11, 2020 @ 2:48am
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      Jul 10, 2020 @ 8:43pm
      Jul 10, 2020
      16 |
      Jul 10, 2020 @ 8:43pm
      Jul 10, 2020
      13 |
      Jul 10, 2020 @ 8:39pm
      Jul 10, 2020

      Routes with this trail

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      Lost world
      		14 miles
      Lost World Loop
      		14 miles
      MTBinParadise | Adv | Lost World Technical Loop
      		16 miles
      Lost World Tour - Extended Route 1
      		15 miles

      2 Reviews & Comments

      • + 0
      BriggsysPhotos (Jan 1, 2020 at 20:47)
       Tree across trail at borrow of Lost World just before Avatar connection
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      • + 0
      Anth9974 (Sep 4, 2020 at 3:54)
       Stunning ride, rocky initially at the top but stick with it as it’s absolutely stunning. Very few mountain bikers this far out too...
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      Videos

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      2:44:10 | 253 | Jun 19, 2020 , Gold Coast
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