Penny Farthing Cycles PNP MTB Series
Round 3, Mt Victoria, October 12th 2008
Updated 30 September 2008
Course description
Distance per lap = 8.5km
Altitude gained per lap = 410m
All Classes
Start with a clockwise lap of the Velodrome
Head north through the carpark
Left up steep rocky climb
Cross Alexandra road saddle
Turn right and continue on track and do not use tarseal as you climb
to the high point of the course, Mt Vic summit
Keep heading north down hill
Turn acute left & descend steps
Stay left at the next intersection
Up and down little knob
SHORT COURSE
Turn hard right
Go down fast grassy slope sweeping left getting air on bump
Into bush & turn right down rooty slope
Go to point 1)
LONG COURSE
Traverse straight ahead on flat
Drop down to the right on to a short single track
Sharp right & down to the 4WD track
Down 4WD track
Right at the next intersection heading downhill
Veer right at the next Y intersection
Climb up steep hill under the Macrocarpa trees
Take very steep rooty right turn
Up to the top of the open grass field & turn left
Descend 30m
New section in red
Turn right down single track
Turn left at T
Down hill, then acute right
Left down steep ski slope
If you take the Chicken route straight ahead, then acute left
You must Give Way at ski slope
Down 2 more fast dippers
Left & climb narrow track to open area
Straight ahead then ride narrow single track with city view on right
Down & up to the right
Now you rejoin the old course
1) Take singletrack on your right down hill
Veer left to avoid the wet hole at the bottom (new track)
Drop down chute into Charles Plimmer Park
Ride across the park to the south and on to the main track
Turn acute left up the dovetail.
Take the first right and keep climbing to the south
Turn sharp right down hill which will take you
to the bottom of the Dovetail where you were before.
Turn sharp left
Head south climbing the main 4WD track
Turn right at top just before Alexandra road tarseal
Ride 50m of singletrack
At the first Y junction
SHORT COURSE
Veer left to Alexandra Park on new track
LONG COURSE
Veer right to Alexandra Park on old track
At Alexandra Park
SHORT COURSE
Turn left, cross field and up bank
Turn right & veer left down easy gravel track & go to point 2)
LONG COURSE
Turn right down Gutbuster
First turn left along flat single track
Acute left & uphill walk
Just past steep part turn right onto small single track
Ride back down to Alexandra Park
Skirt around the right hand edge of park to far north east corner
Turn right up bank & head south on gravel track for 5m
Turn right between rocks up ridge
Left around water tower roof
Very steep downhill with turns
2) Exit outside Chest Hospital
Cross the tarseal turnaround
Jump kerb heading south
Fly around to Alexandra Rd crossing
Give Way crossing road
Through the wooden posts
Right on to the gravel track
First left downhill
Right on the sealed uphill walkway
Stay to left of posts on the grass
Go south downhill before sweeping left on berm
Full speed down and up the big dipper
Thru trees & cross the field
Veer right
Take the first sharp left uphill
Right at the T intersection
Take another uphill left
Ride back into the east side of the Velodrome
Repeat Velodrome circuit & do next lap.
NUMBER OF LAPS
Class A: Pro-Elite Men
3 LONG laps
Class B: U23 Men, Senior Men, Master 1 Men and Master 2 Men
2 LONG laps, followed by 1 SHORT lap
Class C: Under 23 Women, Under 19 Men, Senior Women and Master 3 Men
1 LONG lap followed by 2 SHORT laps
Class D: Master Women, Rocket Bikes Men, Rocket Bikes Women, U15 Boys and U19 Girls
2 SHORT laps
