Last Updated: 21st Sep 2023

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Riverhead Rambling

Last Updated: 21st Sep 2023

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Grunt Factor: 9 ?

Gnarl Factor: 34 ?

6.0km

160m

160m

166m

  

  

  

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Type of Run

Front country - easily accessible

Loop

Undulating, some big hills

Dog Friendly

Plantation/exotic forest

Run Makeup

20%
80%

Farm Road / 4WD Track

Moderate Single Track

Average Uphill Gradient: +5.3%

Average Downhill Gradient: -5.8%

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Estimated Times to Run

1:00

Slow

0:40

Moderate

0:25

Fast

An anti-clockwise loop up Barlow Road, left at Barlow Anzac Link, up Stoker, out and further up Barlow road, drop into Baconator, NW along the gravel road to Joes Bridge the along Barlow Road to Joes Bridge.

This is a simple loop there are many other options in the forest.

Note: Stoker trail has moved slightly, presumably due to logging, but there is one that goes close by and links you back up to Barlow.

The floating bridge, not on this route, but tucked away in Riverhead is quite neat.

35 km

33 minutes

Yes

No

Moderate.

Trail Forks the MTB app has a whole bunch of the trails, as does Strava, Trail Forks runs without cell reception and is quite good to navigate through the varying trails.

Patchy.

Whistle, First aid kit, Extra food for emergencies, Cellphone, Map

Few forest water dumps for the dog, carry your own.

Famous for mud and slip in winter

Mud

Hallertau
Good beer and food.

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Trail Reviews

A bit of a muddy slog, with a few bits closer to skiing than running. An awesome mix of single track, 4x4 track, and dirt roads. The dog loved it so much we went around for a second lap. Can't take the road straight back due to logging currently, but wasn't a big detour.

Will Prosor

June 9, 2020

Cool run this morning, a couple of wrong turns but found my mistakes pretty quickly. Baconator section is pretty cool! Loved it.

Gary Richardson

February 6, 2020

This trail not possible to follow correctly the first time without a lot of preparation and some luck :) But after three attempts I know the route! Also not sure about the times proposed. It is closer to 7km according to my accurate GPS watch. Most of the trails I have run I am close to the intermediate time or a little faster. So intermediate time on this one should be 0:45 I would say.

Alexei Drummond

December 8, 2017

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