Wild Mersey Mountain Bike Trails

Spanning three towns and two council areas, Wild Mersey offers nearly 100km of singletrack in what amounts to three interconnected trail networks. You can ride from the Spirit of Tasmania (literally) on separated paths to the trail network at Latrobe, in the Warrawee Forest, over the Mersey River to Railton, and onto Sheffield almost entirely on singletrack.

Railton has become the de facto trailhead of Wild Mersey, with singletrack running out of both sides of town, and it feels a little like Derby did in the early days. Railton has access to the Green Teleport climb and Green Hornet. The massive asphalt pump track which is ideal for warm-up or as a family ride, is also right in town. The Raptor Ridge adventure trail provides 10km of unparalleled riding on the ridgeline with views and single-track challenges to please the senses.

What is believed to be the longest suspension bridge in the Southern Hemisphere crosses the Mersey River and connects Railton to Latrobe, via the Railton Express Trail.

A short fire road pedal from the Railton shops past the top of this small loop takes you into the Badgers Range and the Sheffield side of the trail network. Here the terrain gets a bit bigger, and there is a solid mix of fast swoopy flow trails, and rough and tumble technical challenges.

CLOSER THAN YOU THINK

Wild Mersey may not be the first destination that comes to mind in Tasmania, but it’s actually closer to Launceston than Derby and within riding distance of the ferry. A great location to start or finish your MTB adventures in the North-West.

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Railton Pump Track

As part of the Wild Mersey Mountain Bike Trails project, a Pump Track has been constructed at the Railton Trail Head located at Goliath Park in Railton.

A pump track is a circuit of rollers, banked turns and features designed to be ridden by "pumping" - creating momentum by up and down body movements, instead of pedalling. Pump tracks are perfect for BMX and MTB riders and can even be used by be skateboard and scooter riders. Pump tracks cater to a wide variety of rider skill levels and ages.