Falls Creek
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Quick info:
In a Nutshell:
- Excellent tracks for all types of riding with lots of flow and enduro/DH action
- It’s a ski resort on a mountain, so resign yourself to some climbing and get a shuttle ticket to get the best out of it
- Good range of green trails for beginners – some are quite tricky but do stay close to town.
- Long and rewarding flow trails with lots of features and that use the terrain and altitude well and leave mile-wide smiles at the end
- Great facilities at the trailhead/MTB Hub
Network size:
50 km + singletrack (more soon)
Our rating:
5/5 MTB Fist Bumps
Facilities:
Trail difficulty:
All levels covered here
Suits riders:
Not the easiest beginner trails
Bike chooser:
Singletrack not really for leisure bikes
Web:
Trail Maps:
Shuttles:
Where is it?
By car:
It’s a chunky 5 and a bit hours drive northeast of Melbourne via the M31, Myrtleford and Mount Beauty.
By PT:
The best you can do is get to Mount Beauty by VLine train to Wangaratta then road coach. Then it’s hitching or an Uber to Falls (or ride the 30 km up the road if you’re game).
Description:
Falls Creek Alpine Resort has a clear strategy to attract summer dollars through the continued development of its MTB trail network. And it’s working: the trails are excellent and so riders are flocking here.
Now with the opening of the UCI DH course in January 2026, it also really does have something for everyone.
Let’s get one thing straight: it’s a ski resort so you can expect climbing and/or shuttles (which luckily run most days over the busy summer period).
That being said, the gentler green trails and non-categorised Aqueduct Trail stay near the resort centre near the lake, so are not so hilly. These greens are fun but not the tamest greens we’ve seen, so absolute beginners may want to proceed with caution.
Across the resort, the trails are well-built and you can expect a mix of twisty XC, excellent flow trails and lots of natural and man-made features.
The network has been designed so you can link tracks together to form massive descents, getting every cent’s worth of your climb (or shuttle ticket).
Flowtown is one of the most popular trails here and rightly so. It drops over 500m in altitude in 5.8km and just keeps giving and giving. Flow it is indeed and you don’t need a long travel bike to have a ton of fun on it.
It pops you out conveniently at the shuttle pickup or, less conveniently, the bottom of the Packhorse climbing trail. This is 5km of uphill ‘pleasure’ but rewarding when you finally emerge at the resort Bike Hub, righteous and slightly more sweaty than the folks on the shuttle bus.
The blue trails here do earn their rating and some feature demand a bit of respect, or at least a sighting run before full commitment. Some have B lines, some don’t. The UCI Downhill is double-black so expect full commitment and serious technical descending over it’s 1.4 km length.
All trails are well marked and there are maps around. Up at the summit it does get pretty exposed and feels very remote. Best to have a digital or paper map in your pocket just to be sure.
Trailhead facilities are excellent and the Foodworks and Post Office are right next to the Bike Hub for snacks and supplies or if you want to send a postcard to your Nan.
Page last updated: 21/7/26
