Trail number
No trail numbering
Trail length
15 kilometres for main loop but lots of other fill in trails
Elevation variance
40 metres
Trail type
Single trail, fire trail and gravel road
Trail surface
Smooth dirt, fine gravel, coarse gravel, some minor rock base depending on location along trail
Weather affected
All weather
Trail condition sources
None available.
Trail features
Nothing major just fast flowing single trail
Trail obstacles
-
Trail rating
Easy to intermediate dependent on location and length of ride undertaken.
Rating basis
Estimated
Night riding
Suitable for night riding.
Family Friendly
Younger MTBers could readily ride this course but some sections can have some reasonable gradients.
Canadian Forest is located just to the south east of Ballarat. The trails are set in some nice forest with large stands of grass trees in the north of the forest.
The gpx file attached to the map above is the 3 hour race trail (multiple laps) plus a number of trails we rode in the northern end of the park. There are quite a few more trails in there as well. You can download this gpx file which only contains the 3 hour race trail if you want to go for a large orientation loop.
The trails in the northern end of the park rise up a hill before coming back down and there are some ripper little trails in there. The trails are largely single track but there are short sections of fire trail as well.
No Bancoora video for this location yet but here's a YouTube video to give you a teaser of the area from Ogaram's channel. Note this race is along the tracks in the 3hr gpx file.
 |
Parking is available at numerous locations but starting up near the Pax Hill Scout Camp is a good kicking off point. Refer to the Getting There map for where we started from. |
|---|---|
 |
No toilet facilities are available. |
 |
No drinking water is available on the trail. |
 |
No food or drinks are available in the trail area |
 |
Local area information can be obtained at Ballarat. |