Camped up at Warburton this weekend with friends. They are not riders, so while they were all sitting around, Sue and I thought we’d get out and try some of the local trails. Using Trailforks Sue found the start of Hey Hey My My. I was still locking the car, and Sue had already set off on what appeared to be the softer climb. I would have went the other way, but the sign didn’t say it was directional, so off we went. Anyway, after an endless series of seriously brutal climbs that no XC whippet or eBiker was ever going to clear, which we walked, or pushed with a very elevated heart rate, I harassed Sue to reconsult Trailforks… as I was sure we were going the wrong way, and sure enough, yep, we were. So, we weren’t too far from the top, so we toughed it out, and got to the peak. Turned around and it was great... had some fun, it was awesome. I didn’t do any jumps, as most were way too chunky for my old body, but as I B-lined some of them, I realized they were totally do-able. Anyway, nicely bermed trail and great fun.
Then we tried an unsanctioned trail not too far away, and it was even steeper, and the clay was slippery as, but the descent was excellent.
On the way to that trail, I’d spotted the start of some single track near a side road, and although Trailforks didn’t give it a mention, we thought why not? So off we went, and it was fantastic. It didn’t really climb or descend, but pretty much followed a contour line around the side of the mountain for about 2.5kms, heading towards La La Falls. We walked the falls the next day, and the signage said there was an old tram track, to get the timber out, so I wonder if our trail was that, but I didn’t see any tram track remnants. Anyway, regardless it was fun. I wanted to ride back up the trail to the car, but Sue wanted to take the road… big mistake… technically easier, but the last km was fricken hell. Still, didn’t have a hearty, so all good.
The resultant beer was very nice.
