Thredbo Valley Trail - Open for Summer

Thanks to the work of Jindabyne Trail Stewardship volunteers and NPWS, the Thredbo Valley track is once again clear and open for business.

If you haven’t ridden the Thredbo Valley Trail yet, then you really should put it on your ‘to-do’ list. It’s a 20km point-to-point trip that takes you from Thredbo Village down to Lake Crackenback Resort. While it’s a very easy ‘green’ rated track, it’s still a lot of fun for riders of all levels; although its wide-open nature can lead to riders travelling pretty fast on a trail that also caters for walkers.

The really exciting news is that NPWS is looking at a sizable extension to the Valley Trail; planning is well underway and construction may begin this summer. The extension will take the trail from its current finish point at Bullock Flat all the way down the Thredbo Valley to re-emerge on Kosciusko Road, not far from Lake Jindabyne. Where the existing track is never far from the Alpine Way, the new section will take riders further from civilisation and should just about double the length of the trail.

Most of the current trail is quite wide and non-technical but the new trail is more likely to be a narrower intermediate level trail. As a result it’ll be slower going with more technical features. Eventually it will link with the trails around Lake Jindabyne to form a very sizable trail network, extending from Tyrolean Village on the far side of the lake, all the way up to Thredbo.

Beyond this, Thredbo is also working on a new descending trail to complement their existing Cannonball DH and Kosciusko Flow trails. Currently a work in progress, the All-Mountain Trail will provide an even longer descent from the very top of Thredbo that’s suitable for regular XC and trail bikes.

We’ll keep you posted on future developments and you can find out more about the existing MTB facilities at www.thredbo.com.au and Lake Crackenback Resort as well as www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au