1.0 mile
Distance
190 ft
Climb
-313 ft
Descent
00:13:45
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Supporters, Builders, Maintainers & Land Managers of Orbital Trail
Jindabyne Trail StewardshipMaintainer
Orbital Details
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Activities
- Mountain Bike
- Hike
- Trail Running
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Riding AreaTyrolean and Mill Creek
Jindabyne -
Difficulty Rating
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Trail TypeSingletrack
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DirectionBoth DirectionsPopular direction shown
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Dogs AllowedYes
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Global Ranking
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Local Popularity50 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 5 in Trail Running
- 100 in Hiking
Not for the feint-hearted Full of rocks, roots, twists and turns, short technical descents and tough steep pinches. Great views over the lake towards town though....
This is a difficult, old school technical cross country trail - don't expect to clear it the first (or tenth) time without putting your foot down. Challenge accepted I hear you say? That's the spirit!
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Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Orbital mountain bike trail trail
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Altitude change-123 ft
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Altitude min3,023 ft
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Altitude max3,182 ft
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Altitude start3,182 ft
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Altitude end3,059 ft
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Grade-2.304%
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Grade max-25.554%
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Grade min18.751%
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Distance climb2,056 ft
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Distance down2,876 ft
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Distance flat415 ft
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Avg time00:13:45
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Avg reverse time00:23:53
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- Prevalent Mud
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Directions to orbital trailhead
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Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail
Past Week
- 1 rides
- 13 miles avg distance
6 Months
- 18 rides
- 9 miles avg distance
All
- 65 rides
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Daveofjindy
(Jun 10, 2017 at 15:11)
Riding orbital is always an adventure with beautiful scenery and plenty of technical challenges. All obstacles and terrain are negotiable, but stringing them all together is a different story. Legend goes that no brave soul has ever made it thru without the odd little dab of the foot.
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CiderRider
(Jun 9, 2018 at 5:20)
Start of Orbital has been covered by old branches etc. not sure if this is an attempt to close the trail or not. Alternate entry is via the gully to the left of the original entrance.
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JindyMTB
(Oct 4, 2018 at 0:02)
Very technical trail for advanced riders. Plenty of rocks and challenging up/down terrain. Not for the faint hearted but is a great challenge to ride!
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GCcowboy
(Oct 23, 2020 at 14:18)
(Oct 23, 2020 at 14:18)
DO NOT RIDE if you have any intentions of fun. I ride double blacks and this was by far the worst trail I have ever ridden. Was not a MTB track was barely even a hiking track. IF YOU want to waste your time and walk half of the goat track then go for it. Trail should not be listed as a MTB track in my opinion.
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sgc7of7
JTS (Dec 4, 2020 at 1:55)
JTS (Dec 4, 2020 at 1:55)
That's a bit rough! Sorry that you didn't enjoy it, but every track has it's place.... Orbital is one of the original trails in the area - it's an old school technical cross country trail and that's how people like it. It's definitely a challenge, the brewery wouldn't have offered a keg of beer for the first person to ride it without putting a foot down (with video evidence) if it weren't difficult. FYI the keg has been claimed.
We'll update the trail description though, just to ensure that people understand what they're getting into.
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We'll update the trail description though, just to ensure that people understand what they're getting into.
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