6 miles
Distance
1,652 ft
Climb
-1,656 ft
Descent
02:35:56
Avg time
Trail Supporters, Builders & Maintainers of Stonefly Trail

Stonefly Details

  • Riding Area
    Mt Buller Bike Park
    Mt Buller
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC, Fat
  • Trail Usage
    Biking Primary
  • Direction
    One Direction
  • Climb Difficulty
    Blue
  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • Alpine Trail
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes
  • TTFs on Trail
    Berm, Bridge
  • Global Ranking
    #14687 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    85 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in E-Biking
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking
  • Land Manager
    Mt Buller Bike Park

Stonefly is the iconic Alpine single track, a must-see ride when visiting Mt Buller Mt Stirling for the avid rider. A 11km loop starting and finishing at Howqua Gap, 6km up, 4km down and 90% flowing, purpose-built, mind-blowing singletrack.

The Stonefly climb from Howqua Gap is a component trail of the Australian Alpine Epic Trail.

source: Mt Buller Bike Park

Bike Park

More Stats for Stonefly bike trail
  • Altitude change
    -2 ft
  • Altitude min
    4,574 ft
  • Altitude max
    5,435 ft
  • Altitude start
    4,579 ft
  • Altitude end
    4,576 ft
  • Grade
    -0.007%
  • Grade max
    -29.72%
  • Grade min
    27.813%
  • Distance climb
    3 miles
  • Distance down
    3 miles
  • Distance flat
    1,502 ft
  • Avg time
    02:35:56
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Status:
on Dec 18, 2018
Dry
Avg: 4.2 (5 votes)

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  • Closed or Major Issue / Red

  • Land Owner Overlay
  • Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
  • BLM (public)
  • USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
  • State land
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Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
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  • Gate Gate
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      Stonefly Trail Reports

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      Dec 18, 2018 @ 4:40pm
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      Nov 30, 2018 @ 7:34pm
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      Apr 30, 2018 @ 3:00pm
      Apr 30, 2018
      		 ALL TRAILS ARE NOW CLOSED FOR 2017/18
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 2 rides
      • 67 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 54 rides
      • 23 miles avg distance
      All
      • 343 rides
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      Apr 28, 2017 @ 6:38am
      Apr 28, 2017
      Stonefly, Melbourne
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      Apr 28, 2017 @ 6:35am
      Apr 28, 2017
      Stonefly, Melbourne
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      Apr 28, 2017 @ 6:34am
      Apr 28, 2017
      | 1 comments Stonefly, Melbourne

      Routes with this trail

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      Stonefly and Switchbacks
      		15 miles
      Bike Buller MTB Festival - Epic trail point to point race race
      		28 miles
      Mt Buller Epic trail
      		28 miles
      Shimano Enduro Tour - Mt Buller race
      		19 miles

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