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With record temperatures rolling across the country, you can be excused for dreaming of cooler climes in which to ride. The guys at Australian Mountain Bike magazine must be mind readers because that have just released their annual ‘Alpine Issue’. Featuring a host of Victorian High Country destinations, you’ll be transported to mountain tops that…

Female pedal power returns to the Victorian High Country in 2020 with the third edition of the High Country Women’s Cycling Festival (HCWCF). The unstoppable growth of women’s cycling will see the much-loved HCWCF return to Bright in 2020, with an extended program and continued support for Ovarian Cancer Australia. Based in one of Australia’s…

Here’s a Christmas present for you, if you are planning to mountain biking the High Country, from Blue Dirt Shuttles. As most people begin to wind up work for the Christmas holiday period, the Blue Dirt crew are preparing for the peak season! They will have shuttles operating at four key Ride High Country MTB…

Drum roll please…. The highly anticipated moment that we know many of you have been waiting for is finally here! We are so excited to show you the very first images of the 2019-20 7 Peaks Champions Jersey, expertly designed and manufactured by our good friends at MAAP. Wow! We’re sure that you’re as blown…

The team at CyclingTips are frequent visitors to Victoria’s High Country for our ‘quiet roads, scenic surrounds and challenging climbs’. They love our little slice of paradise so much  that they have called it their ‘dream cycling destination’. Chances are you agree. They’ve recently published a fantastic piece entitled ‘Our Highlights of the High Country’…

Were you one of the 800 lucky mountain bikers at Ignition MTB Festival this year? If you were, we probably don’t need to tell you how incredible the three day festival of mountain biking and lifestyle was. With three days of shuttle from Blue Dirt, beers from some of the High Country Brewery Trail members,…

Ride High Country is delighted to announce that we have secured the Jayco Herald Sun Tour next year.  Australia’s oldest stage race will tour the High Country again…this time with an incredible TWO mountain top finishes in 2020! For the first time in the nearly 70 year history of the Jayco Herald Sun Tour, next…

Did you know that MTB shuttles are available throughout summer at Mt Buller, Falls Creek and Bright? And that there are also additional shuttle dates for Beechworth and Mount Beauty? The High Country really is shuttle heaven! And in even better news for gravity mountain bikers, you can now buy one Blue Dirt season pass…

If you are a fan of the road less travelled, be sure to check out Issue #25 of Treadlie Magazine. Intrepid explorer Stuart Kent takes a bunch of his mates on a winter hunt for the best gravel cycling in the Victorian High Country. ‘Wait, did you say winter?’ We sure did…and the High Country…

The moment that all you mountain goats have been waiting for, the official start of the 7 Peaks season, is just around the corner. That’s right! The 7 Peaks season kicks off this Friday, 25 October 2019. This edition marks the 13th season of the 7 Peaks and, thanks to all your feedback, we’ve come…