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Grab your mates and head to Victoria’s High Country – there’s one short week to go until the Indigo Epic trail officially opens to ride from 12pm on Wednesday 15 March 2023. You’re in for a rollercoaster of a ride as the 56km Indigo Epic takes you on a helix loop trail adventure between Beechworth…

Dust off your bike and pull out your mountain bike gear, the Indigo Epic trail officially opens to ride in two short weeks from 12pm on Wednesday 15 March 2023. We sat down with Callum from BCX Projects to gain insight on what goes into building this single track rollercoaster ride of berms, features and…

You can feel the excitement with only three weeks to go until the Indigo Epic mountain bike trail officially opens to ride from 12pm on Wednesday 15 March 2023. Ride High Country Ambassador Paul van der Ploeg can’t wait to take on “the long flowing downhill from Beechworth to Yack Tracks with loads of progressive…

The countdown continues with only a month to go until the highly anticipated Indigo Epic trail officially opens to ride from 12pm on Wednesday 15 March 2023. To help plan your Indigo Epic adventure we’re revealing more exciting trail details each week as we countdown to the launch. This week we’re doing a dive into…

It’s EPIC, it’s linking the townships of Beechworth and Yackandandah and it’s opening in March! We’re excited to announce that the highly anticipated Indigo Epic trail will officially be open to ride from 12pm on Wednesday 15 March 2023. The Indigo Epic Trail is a brand new All Mountain single track mountain biking trail connecting…

The Trek UCI Gravel World Series is headed to Victoria’s High Country, and race day is just over a month away. Gravelista, held in Beechworth on September 3-4, is the second event in Australia for the inaugural Trek UCI Gravel World Series, which includes both new and existing races around the world where competitors can…

Peaks Challenge Falls Creek is regarded as one of the hardest (but most rewarding) one-day bike rides in Australia… but does it stack up against a mountain stage of the 2022 Tour de France? Not a chance, you say? The stats are a whole lot closer than you might think. The team at Bicycle Network…

Several weeks back Callum from BCX Projects and the team at TrailScapes gave us an exclusive tour of the under-construction EPIC Mountain Bike Trail between Beechworth and Yackandandah… and wow, it’s looking sweet! This incredible and immersive trail will link the existing Yack Tracks MTB network in the Stanley State Forest to Beechworth Historic Park…

Ignition Mountain Bike Festival, Blue Dirt’s annual party that kicks off the mountain bike season at Falls Creek, is on again this November 18-20 and the earlybird tickets have just been released. Despite some annoying interference from old mate Covid, this festival has gone from strength to strength over the last few years and the…

It’s been over three years since the last race of the Vic Series Cyclocross series was held at Lake Sambell in Beechworth. Well, in 2022 it’s back … and not just one race but two. On 13-14 August the natural amphitheatre between the Lake Sambell Caravan Park and Lake Sambell itself provides the arena for…

The 2023 Alpine Classic isn’t just another summer cycling event in Victoria’s majestic high country, it’s an experience that will stay with you forever. Set on the Saturday of the Australia Day Long Weekend in January so you don’t have to rush home after your ride, it will challenge and reward you regardless of which…

As I write this, warm and cosy at my kitchen table on a work from home day, I’m listening to the rain increase its intensity just two metres away on the other side of my kitchen window. I hadn’t planned to write a Ride High Country blog post today, but the cold and wet conditions…