It took me about 30 minutes to ride to the end and back. I had to take breathers and walk the bike up a few steeper parts, but overall it was great fun. I am definitely getting fitter and my ability to ride up the hills is improving with every ride.
I want to start documenting the routes I take now - so I have made an attempt to map this out on a google map below. I doubt this little ride is significant enough for anyone to want to follow, but there were a few side trails I will explore in the future to see if a decent ride can be had from here.
My intention is to provide a google map link with the full detail of every ride I take as I start to get fitter and go further. I hope to also include photos and possibly even videos here for each ride so readers can get a good feel for a location before deciding to try it for themselves.
Just looking at the google maps satellite view - the vast abundance of fire trails in the Blue Mountains national park is clear. I am itching to explore them all - but of course careful planning is important so I don't get lost or get in over my head on a trail too advanced for me.
In my search for some resources to help me find local trails I came across an excellent resource in the Trailflix website. This is an awesome site - with a wealth of detail about all the popular MTB tracks in the Blue Mountains. I will definitely using this site as my guide in planning future rides.
Another awesome little smartphone app I have found is My Tracks. This great little app will let me record my rides and save them as a public google map, so I can share them here. It will also let me record statistics for my ride so I can measure my speed, elevation gain etc. - and track these. I imagine if I repeat tracks over time I will be see my speeds improve as my fitness improves.
View Hazelbrook fire trail in a larger map
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