Lysterfield Park Mountain Bike Trails (Narre Warren North)

Lysterfield Park is home to 24km of purpose-built mountain bike trails suitable for all skill levels. Among them is the 2006 Commonwealth Games course, a skills park where riders can practise their technique and easy family trails for all to enjoy around the lake and parkland.

Lysterfield Park is one of the best places to mountain bike close to Melbourne. Undulating trails flow up and down steep hills and through dense plantations. Outcroppings of large boulders add to the scenic attraction - and to the challenge of the trails.

The State Mountain Bike Course, used for the 2006 Commonwealth Games, offers tight single tracks, technical rocky sections, high speed descents with inclined berms, timber boardwalks and steep hill climbs. Aneurysm is a favourite that combines jumps, drops and man-made obstacles. Both are for experienced riders.

The Skills Park provides mountain bikers with an opportunity to improve their technique and confidence on the trails. It contains many technical features including jumps, berms and drops designed to challenge novice to intermediate riders.

Mountain biking at Lysterfield also rewards those who are looking for a gentler ride. Slow down and there's a good chance you'll see some kangaroos or wallabies. Cycle the gentle Lake Circuit trail and soak up the sights and sounds of the reservoir. Experienced riders might wish to take a short diversion from the top of the State Mountain Bike Course up to Trig Point Lookout and enjoy the view across to Melbourne's CBD.

There are 17 trails (3 x easy, 10 x more difficult, 2 x very difficult and 2 x extremely difficult), a Jump & Pump track (#14 on map) plus a MTB Skills park (#19 on map).

The Mountain Bike Trails are:

1. Lake Circuit 6.3km. Wide gravel maintenance access tracks with minimal to moderate gradients and no obstacles. Easy riding on well formed maintenance tracks, with lake and forest views. A great introduction to the park for all ages and abilities (Green easy level)
2. Lower Buckle 2.4km. Long fast single track with sections of twisting trail and fast flowing descents through Eucalyptus forest (Blue intermediate level)
3. Upper Buckle 0.7km. Short twisting single track linking Middle Trail to Buckle Trail in the northern most area of the park (Blue intermediate level)
4. Middle 1.9km. Long twisting single track weaving through forest with a couple of switchback climbs and a tight technical twisting section north of Lamberts Track with some obstacles (Blue intermediate level)
5. Redgum 1.2km. Section of single track that links east-west across park from State Mountain Bike Course through Red Gum forest to Lamberts Track (Blue intermediate level)
6. Hug 1.5km. Long fast twisting single track. with some jumps and obstacles, then weaves through open forest along contour towards Blair Witch (Blue intermediate level)
7. Lower Blair Witch 0.6km. Short fast twisting technical trail through dense Spotted Gum Forest with few obstacles (Green easy level)
8. Upper Blair Witch 2.0km. Fast flowing and twisting technical trail through dense Spotted Gum Forest with some obstacles (Blue intermediate level)
9. Granite Link 0.2km. Short, steep tight technical rocky descent from the Granite Rock Garden to Wallaby Track with no room for error and three fast berms at the base (Double black extreme level)
10. State Mountain Bike Course 6.4km. Directional course - To be ridden anti-clockwise. This is the Commonwealth Games Mountain Bike Course and challenges the experienced rider with tight single track, technical rocky sections, high speed descents with inclined berms, timber boardwalks and steep hill climbs (Black difficult level)
11. Follow Me 1.2km. Directional course - To be ridden downhill. A fast twisting technical trail with obstacles, drops and jumps. Recommended for more advanced riders (Double black extreme level)
12. Snipe 0.7km. Short fast flowing all weather trail with berms and lumps connecting Upper Blair Witch with the new skills park (Blue intermediate level)
13. Trailmix 1.0km. A flowing easy track located behind the main picnic area suitable for beginners and families (Green easy level)
14. Jump Park & Pump Track. A purpose built skills park which consists of a pump track and dirt jumps. The track is a great introduction to off-road cycling (Blue intermediate level)
15. Aneurysm 1.5km. Directional course - To be ridden downhill. A fast flowing directional trail with jumps, drops and man made obstacles. Highly recommended for advanced and experienced riders. (Black difficult level)
16. Buckle Down 0.3km. A short trail linking Follow Me with Buckle trail with many berms and some small optional "b lines" (Blue intermediate level)
17. Dog Pound 0.6km. One way. A short fast flowing descent trail linking Upper Buckle with Middle trail, with many fast corners and exposed tree roots (Blue intermediate level)
18. Humping Hound 1.7km. One way. A flowing trail linking Middle Trail back to Upper Buckle. With many technical corners and switchback turns, this track makes the climb back to the top of Dog Pound a more enjoyable one (Blue intermediate level)
19. Skills Park. The MTB Skills Development Park has been constructed to provide mountain bikers with an opportunity to develop new MTB Skills. The section contains many technical trail features i.e jumps. berms & drops, designed to challenge novice-intermediate riders. (Green easy level) (Blue intermediate level) (Black difficult level)

Trail Maps:

Lysterfield Park Trail Map (Lysterfield MTB)
Lysterfield Park Trail Map (Trailforks)

Access for Dogs:

No dogs, cats, pets allowed.