XC trails in Cairns?

[Haakon]

Off to Cairns for a few days, will be taking my new Anthem Adv SX - with a full day to kill, where's my best bet?

 

[Ackland]

Off to Cairns for a few days, will be taking my new Anthem Adv SX - with a full day to kill, where's my best bet?

Atherton has gotten a lot of coverage with new stuff built

or

Smithfield is hosting another UCI world cup round and is the traditional home of MTB in Aus apparently
or

probably others

 

[USJ]

Too bad I am out of the country at the moment, I would have been happy to show you around. If you are only there a short time, the easiest to access and some of the best riding is at the Smithfield MTB park. very close to Cairns and easy to get around. There are multiple XC trails/loops from easy to lung burning and simple to highly technical.

Atherton is a close second, only because it is furhter out. Maybe 90 minutes from Cairns. But the riding there is just as good, but different. It is more "man made". Nice, flowy trails, longer climbs and loops, more trails, lots to explore.

Then there are epic rides through the depths of the rainforest, further north or south along the coast, each about 60-90 minutes outside of Cairns - Gorrel Track down towards the Cassowary Coast. Or up towards Port Douglas you've got the Bump track and the Twin Bridges track. All of these are simple and basic from a technical MTB perspective, but they are nice long epic rides through some of the most beautiful scenery ever. You feel lost in the rainforest.

Good luck and have fun!

 

[Haakon]

Too bad I am out of the country at the moment, I would have been happy to show you around. If you are only there a short time, the easiest to access and some of the best riding is at the Smithfield MTB park. very close to Cairns and easy to get around. There are multiple XC trails/loops from easy to lung burning and simple to highly technical.

Atherton is a close second, only because it is furhter out. Maybe 90 minutes from Cairns. But the riding there is just as good, but different. It is more "man made". Nice, flowy trails, longer climbs and loops, more trails, lots to explore.

Then there are epic rides through the depths of the rainforest, further north or south along the coast, each about 60-90 minutes outside of Cairns - Gorrel Track down towards the Cassowary Coast. Or up towards Port Douglas you've got the Bump track and the Twin Bridges track. All of these are simple and basic from a technical MTB perspective, but they are nice long epic rides through some of the most beautiful scenery ever. You feel lost in the rainforest.

Good luck and have fun!

Cheers mate, thats the sort of local insight I was chasing I'll have a car and a whole day to play, so might try Smtihfield and Atherton! And if I get another day the Bump Track.

And cheers for the tour offer!

Will be a nice novelty going for a ride in shorts and short sleeve jersey...