At last, a national park with actual mountain bike trails! They’re shared with horse trails and maintenance 4WD tracks, but at least they have SOMETHING here! So yes, I took my Cannondale mountain bike out for a spin in Conondale National Park this morning while it was still a bit cool. The only problem was that there were only two flavours of trails: straight up (Nanga Challenge style) or back and forth, meandering through river beds, which seemed to get progressively deeper. I did a bit of both, but didn’t last too long in the heatwave. At least I found a nice spot for a swim along the way.
Conondale National Park Mountain Biking
Map of the route “Cannondale, meet Conondale; Conondale, meet Cannondale.”: 6,220 m, 202 m of climbing and 198 m of descent, elevation between 120 m and 205 m, time 00:51:44. It is a loop that starts and ends at -26.61628, 152.65161 (latitude, longitude).
The Drive to Conondale
Map of the route “Cannondale, meet Conondale; Conondale, meet Cannondale.”: 224,776 m, 3,492 m of climbing and 4,347 m of descent, elevation between 118 m and 1,101 m, time 05:30:57. It starts at -26.88070, 151.59765 and ends at -26.64684, 152.64941 (latitude, longitude).
