Porters Alpine Resort will be running a bike shuttle service every second Sunday servicing the Edge and Luge trails initially.

10 ride cards available for just $199! Single ride $25.

Departs Lodge 9:30AM & Craigieburn access road 10AM.

SUNDAY FEB 16

• 130 mountain bikers
• Descending the Edge and Anti-Luge (approx 10am to 11.30am)
• Descending Drac Flat from Jacks Pass on the Broken River Skifield Road (approx 11am to 12.30pm)
  They are only racing the descent of Drac Flat from Jacks Pass to the creek, then riding at a casual pace for the rest of Drac Flat through to Forest Lodge / Cheeseman Road
• Descending Cheeseman (Cockayne Alley) – (approx 12.30pm to 2.30pm)
• Coming through Hogs Back from Texas to the Village (approx 1pm to 4pm) – racing two sections of it 

MONDAY FEB 17

• Descending the Luge (approx 8.45am to 10am)
• Coming through Drac Flat from Broken River to Cheeseman Road (approx 9am – 11am)
• Descending Cuckoo Creek (approx 10am to 12pm)
• Vans with bike trailers coming out along the Cheeseman Road from Forest Lodge (approx 11.30am – 2pm)

Although all trails will remain open to public through the duration of these two days, we advise to try and avoid these trails during the times above and plan around these details to help with the enjoyment of your day and your ride or hike.  If you do happen to be on any of these trails during these times, you are free to ride through them and we will hold off sending any racers through until we give you sufficient time to make your way through the trail.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Megan via phone: 021-069-7707 or 

As we wait for the 2019/2020 riding season to kick off, the Trails team thought it useful to share some of the strategic planning going on behind the scenes in conjunction with a range of stakeholders with interest in the Craigieburn/Castle Hill Basin area.

Over the last year, we’ve been working on identifying some of the challenges with how the track network has developed under what has been a relatively small voluntary effort, and we’ve welcomed some enthusiasm from other groups to get involved and share the load.

We’ve also been working with DoC on developing some strategic planning on both new track proposals and also maintenance schedules. To that end, DoC and the Trails team have convened a number of meetings with other stakeholders such as the local skifields, representatives from groups as diverse as local tramping groups, orienteers, school groups, concession holders, Forest & Bird, Walking Access Commission, WERT, other landowners in the Basin, etc.

Consultations with all those groups continues, but we thought it useful to share drafts of some of the proposed tracks and track maintenance schedules to show that even over the quieter months, there is activity and enthusiasm to continue with ensuring that the Craigieburn Trails continue to evolve and grow in a sustainable way.

Cam Bisset from Drummond & Etheridge returned recently to complete the work he started at the end of last year on the corners leading up from Cuckoo Creek on the Dracophyllum Flat track.

Cam is returning in early April to rebuild the Ground Effect corners near Picnic Rock on the Hogs Back Track and (if finances allow) the wet section between Picnic Rock & Ernie’s Mistake.

An application from a supporter has been made to Transpower for funding to build a bridge over Craigieburn Stream on the Coal Pit Spur Track. The initial round of the application process was successful, so all going well we can look forward to keeping our feet dry all year round on this trail.