During Australia Day 2020 long weekend we visited Orange in NSW and tested some of its best mountain biking trails, such as Kinross State Forest MTB Park, Lake Canobolas MTB Park and Mount Canobolas.

At the moment in Orange, there is a total of 20km of single track at Kinross State Forest, and 10km at Lake Canobolas, but one of the local mountain biking clubs has plans to keep expanding and buliding new trails. With a potential vertical drop rivaling what some of the Australian ski resorts have on offer, Mount Canobolas has the terrain for long sustained descents; now it just needs the approval.

I loved all of the old-school Kinross State Forest trails and some of the new and flowy trails at the Lake Canobolas.
However I had some problems with finding trails at Mount Canobolas and I realised that there are hundreds of fallen trees after the months of drought, therefore some of the trails were marked as closed on the Trail Forks, and others not accessible.

Is Orange going to be the next big mountain biking destination?
I think it all depends on whether Mount Canobolas (which is a state conservation area) will get council approval to expand existing trail network and maybe even add a chairlift to it.

Overall I really enjoyed all of the riding at Orange and I am looking forward to come back here in the colder months to test few more trails at Mount Canobolas.

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