Recommended for moderate intermediate riders with some technical mountain biking experience. Typically narrow trails with loose, soft, rocky or slippery sections and hills with short steep sections. Riders will encounter obstacles and technical trail features.
A tight, technical cross country trail with twisting downhill berms through pine forest. Features technical rock sections and an Instagram-worthy bridge floowed by a fast downhill run to the finish.
Be trail ready for Blindside, Nannup Tank 7 Mountain Bike Park
Here is everything you need to know before visiting this trail.
Time / Duration
10-15 minutes
Length
1.2km
What To Pack
Group C - Mountain Biking & Gravel
(Mountain bike, gravel and touring trails.)
required.
What To Pack
Group C - Mountain Biking & Gravel
(Mountain bike, gravel and touring trails.)
Always ride with a buddy and ride within your skill level
Bike tools and spares (E.g. Mini bike-pump, spare tubes, puncture repair kit)
Helmet, consider a full-face helmet for more difficult trails
Water
Snacks/ food
Sun protection: sunglasses and sunscreen (SPF 30+)
Additional protective gear: gloves, body armour
For remote trails consider a PLB (Personal Locator Beacon) or satellite phone
For longer trails take extra food and water
Always have a first aid kit (vehicle nearby or on you for longer trails) and check that items are clean, properly sealed, have not exceeded expiry dates and that used items have been replaced
Extra food and water in case of unexpected delays
Trail Start
Tank 8 Trailhead. Galena Road Nannup Tank 7 Mountain Bike Park
Recommended for moderate intermediate riders with some technical mountain biking experience. Typically narrow trails with loose, soft, rocky or slippery sections and hills with short steep sections. Riders will encounter obstacles and technical trail features.
Fast descent throguh a rock face into a berm. Bridge crossing with a steep exit up the hill and a fast finish
Safety
Ride with a partner/buddy. Tell someone where you are riding.
The Experience Nannup app has a locate function - uses gps to indicate where you are on the trail. Works offline.
Facilities
Carry water and food. None available at Tank 7 Mountain Bike Park.
Mobile phone coverage throughout the park.
Toilets and fresh water available in Nannup town. Toilets available at: 1. Marinko Tomas Bicentennial Park 2. Nannup Town Hall 3. Nannup Foreshore Park
Wash down facilities (free) for cleaning your mountain bike at Nannup Foreshore Park.
Shuttle services for some of the trailheads are available in Nannup.
Shaded Area
Best time of year
All year round.
Fees
Trails are free. Businesses providing shuttles charge a fee for users. A proportion of every shuttle is provided to the Shire of Nannup for trail maintenance.
Trail Access
270km from Perth - 3 hours. Busselton to Nannup 45 minutes. Busselton Margaret River Airport. Nannup town to Nannup Tank 7 Mountain Bike Park Trailhead is 2km.
Prohibited Items
No access from the top of Brockman Highway, this is private property.
No private shuttles allowed in the Tank 8 area of the mountain bike park. Tank 7 Lookout is accessible for shuttles only.
Trails are free and bring so many benefits to our community by providing opportunities to have fun, get fit, socialise, explore and challenge yourself. But they also have to be managed and maintained which only is made possible through terrific sponsors, donations and/or volunteering.
Alex Crowley
Blindside trail motif
Aaron Azza Black
Bridge to somewhere
Daniela Tomassi
Down over the rock armour
Rider Mitch Monotti
Daniela Tomassi
Alternative line through the gap
Rider David Du Plessis
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