2 miles
Distance
358 ft
Climb
-695 ft
Descent
00:22:12
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
  • Trail Usage
    Biking Only
  • Direction
    Both Directions
    Popular direction shown
  • Climb Difficulty
    Blue
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #30938 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    65 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 75 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.

More Stats for Lost World mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -337 ft
  • Altitude min
    325 ft
  • Altitude max
    726 ft
  • Altitude start
    726 ft
  • Altitude end
    389 ft
  • Grade
    -3.073%
  • Grade max
    -29.634%
  • Grade min
    20.427%
  • Distance climb
    3,873 ft
  • Distance down
    1 mile
  • Distance flat
    859 ft
  • Avg time
    00:22:12
  • Avg reverse time
    00:35:11
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Status:
on Dec 21, 2020
Ideal
Avg: 3.85 (6 votes)

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  • Icy
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  • Wet
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  • Clear / Green
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  • Closed

  • Land Owner Overlay
  • Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
  • BLM (public)
  • USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
  • State land
  • Indigenous
  • Military
Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Groomed
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Ideal
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
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  • Restrooms Restrooms
  • eBike Charging Point eBike Charging Point
  • Water Fountain/Source Water Fountain/Source
  • Gate Gate
  • Trail Sign Trail Sign
  • Table or Bench Table or Bench
  • Ladder Ladder
  • Stairs Stairs
  • Bridge Bridge
  • Boardwalk Boardwalk
  • Camping Camping
  • Cabin Cabin
  • Lodge Lodge
  • Bear Cache Bear Cache
  • Dock Dock
  • Ranger Station Ranger Station
  • Summit Summit
  • Other Other
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      Lost World Trail Reports

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      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...
      Sep 4, 2020 @ 5:00pm
      Sep 4, 2020
      		 Rocky at the top and a bit vertiginous in places, stick with it though as the rainforest section is pure heaven. Make sure you have puncture...
      Aug 12, 2020 @ 6:22pm
      Aug 12, 2020
      		 This trail is quite simply why we ride mountain bikes, middle of nowhere, cut though tropical dense canopy, winding though gully's and though...
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 16 rides
      • 15 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 177 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
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      Jul 10, 2020 @ 8:43pm
      Jul 10, 2020
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      Jul 10, 2020 @ 8:39pm
      Jul 10, 2020

      Routes with this trail

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      titleratingdistance
      Lost World Tour - Extended Route 1
      		15 miles
      MTBinParadise | Adv | Lost World Technical Loop
      		16 miles
      2016 Just Ride Nerang Ultimate Challenge
      		33 miles
      Lost World Loop
      		14 miles

      2 Reviews & Comments

      • + 0
      BriggsysPhotos Trailforks Pro Subscriber (Jan 1, 2020 at 20:47)
       Tree across trail at borrow of Lost World just before Avatar connection
      [Reply]
      • + 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...
      [Reply]

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