Majura Pines Mountain Biking

Majura Pines is located just 10 minutes North East of the Canberra CBD, and provides a number of trails that should cater to every type of mountain biker. From what I understand from Canberra locals, the trails at Majura Pines are some of the oldest and most well known trails in the Australian Capital.

The Majura Pines trail network is clearly well thought out. Located in Majura Forest, a small pine plantation, the trails are built in a manner that take advantage of the available space along with the natural features of the area. For mountain bikers that enjoy nice and flowy trails, you’ll thoroughly enjoy the place – there is plenty of flow to be had! That said, there are plenty of technical single-track to go around. Gully crossings, bridges and obstacles kept us entertained, rather than simply “riding for fitness”. Kudos goes to CORC (Canberra Off Road Cyclists) volunteers for the trail building and maintenance in Majura Pines.

We found Majura Pines very similar to Galbraith Mountain over in the USA – once you’re tired you can simply ride up the fire roads and descend down the fun stuff. I’d pass on what trails I found the most enjoyable, but to be perfectly honest we had a blast on just about all of the trails at Majura Pines. Telemark, Pitt Street, Dew Drop In, Mata Hari, The Damn Track and so on – it was all good! Even if we found a trail technically easy, we still really enjoyed riding it thanks to the flow – it’s just one of those places!

For the Majura Pines trailhead on Google Maps, click here.

If you’re looking for an excellent map of Mountain Bike Trails at Majura Pines, take a look at the Majura Pines site: http://www.majurapines.org/.

I’ll be the first to admit that we could have taken more photos while riding at Majura Pines, but we were just having too much fun riding our bikes!