RT GP Mt Annan

Mt Annan Enduro Trail. Like a coin this trail offers two sides. On one side the Enduro Trail is a top spot to get out for a couple of laps or so with family or mates. At the trail head there is water, toilets and plenty of areas for a choice of for a picnic or a couple of pies. The trail has been designed with your family and friends in mind, it is clearly marked and divided into three connecting trails each leading off the other. You start out on the easier trail and if you have the skills, continue onto the further sections or just follow the trail as marked to complete the easier trail. So you can come out with other riders and razz around, building your skills. This trail is defiantly fun for just a cruise or a hot couple of laps.

On the flip side, Mt Annan Enduro Trail is a tough trail to ride all day long. Where you were building skills and cruising with mates, under racing conditions the trail seems to get harder. The pinchy climbs are sapping, the rollers and berms hardly flow at speed, making you work throughout most of the trail. But it isn't all bad, you need plenty of speed for all the rock-gardens and there are many more open sections that complement a good turn of speed.

Which side of the coin did you land on when riding Rocky Trail's Grand Prix at Mt Annan?

More from Mt Annan

One of the many fun sections 

Risk vs Reward, all it took was someone with a camera

Mt Annan features a few rocky sections

A rider rounds the last corner before heading through timing and transition

Finishing the final section of singletrack for the lap

Steve from the Bernard Team in the hurt locker

Nigel of Pedal for Pearce had mechanical issues early

Rocky Trail Grand Prix at Mt Annan Photos

The calm before the storm, riders mingle before the start of the GP. 

Focused on the task ahead, while Martin briefs the riders  

Riders are you ready? The start of the Grand Prix at Mt Annan is 15 seconds away

Lumley charging during the early stage of the event

Steve from the Bernard Team at the top of a technical section 

A sweet hook-in, onto the mesh 

Plastic mesh berm offers plenty of traction of the hill 

The scene of a few heart-starters and close calls

A rider keeps his rubber firmly planted over the rollers 

Pumping the rollers at the far end of the trail

A Bernard rider rides through the grassy section of the trail

Again I caught snapper Neil on the other side of the lens, railing this corner.

First 10 from Mt Annan

Ed? Is back. 

Riders on the first few laps

The grasses were waist high in some places

The second swichback

Wasn't long before the clear sky and the days warm temps  hit

Some firetrail is brief relief from all the singletrack

Rider 655 gets going on an early lap

Shot of the day

Nailing the A line could save a bunch of seconds 

One of the youngest team riders takes the A line

JetBlack 12hr Data

While I didn't attempt any super fast lap, looks like my descents were just as fast as anyone out there.

A quick look at my data and there are some interesting points to take away from it.

On an additional note the 30min period after 05:33 was a bike swap and the low HR period around 08:00 was a period off the bike.

JetBlack WSMTB 12hr Video

Jet Black 12hr at Dargle 2012

The event centre 

Camping is the option

The wind kept the mosquitos at bay for those with a water view 

Martin gives has brief to the riders at the start line

The first firetrail sprint 

Riders get a taste of the next 12hrs

Rider 205 sweeps into the timing area

Solo riders a plenty at the 2012 JB 12hr

I lead Enduro Pulse's Craig Baylis through to timing

Rider 219 heads towards the Sahara

The long grasses of the Sahara section

Fun off the hill

A rider ducks under a fallen tree

A Bernard rider prepares for the main climb

Capture Neil on the other side of the lens

In the groove

Rider 511 makes their way off the main climb

With a spectacular sunset in the west, it was complemented by a rainbow in the east

NWSMTB XCO Round 2

The second round of the NSWMTB State XCO Series was hosted by SHCC at the McGee's trail. The day had the largest participation yet and everybody was having fun on the tight and twisty trail.