Trail fairies have been hard at work out at Bartagunyah, just near Melrose; this last week as we start on some well needed single track maintenance on the Whiskey Trail. This is one of the best trails on Bartagunyah right now and is a 2-3 hour loop of over 20km. Clearer signage, major improvements and cleaner lines will hopefully see a lot more mountain bike traffic on this black diamond trail.
The other goal for Bartagunyah is to have the Super D completed before Fat Tyre Festival 2012. This has started but not too much has been dug just yet and we are still scouting the lines but a general idea has been discussed. Starting at Scared Rabbit lookout and finishing at Bartagunyah homestead we hope to have close to 5km of trail with other tributary trail options coming off it in the future.
Bartagunyah has been a thoroughly underutilised resource due to its poor signage, lack of rider use and lack of maintenance in the past. The goal over the next 12 months is to change that and make it a must do when you visit Melrose, by improving signage and maps, clarifying the trails and including the stuff that people want to ride, making it visually stunning as well as technically stunning!
So our little bridge (6 metres long) you see is the start of lots more work to go into this area. If you’re keen, join us, we will be having regular digs on Wednesday afternoons and once a month on a Sunday. If you’ve never done trail work before it can be one of the most rewarding jobs you can do, putting back in to the very thing you love, flowing single track!
Big thanks to those folk who have already helped out. You know who you are.
