Skill and Fitness Levels

Skill Levels

Level 1 Green – Beginner with little or no experience

• Comfortable riding on wide gravel/dirt paths and doubletrack (quad) trails.
• Little or no experience on singletrack (narrower than 45 cm) trails.
• Keen to try something new and fun.

Level 2 Green – Blue – Beginner with experience

• Comfortable on smooth singletrack (green mountain bike trails)
• Some experience riding blue singletrack trails
• Comfortable navigating obstacles such as roots and rocks up to 10 cm tall.
• Looking to ride more efficiently (climbing, cornering, controls)

Level 3 Blue – Intermediate

• Confident riding green trails and most blue trails.
• Can climb and descend under control on moderately steep sections of trail.
• Looking to increase confidence on challenging sections of blue trails and through rooty and rocky sections.

Level 4 Blue – Black – Strong Intermediate

• High degree of confidence on blue trails – comfortable on some black trails.
• Can assess and adjust to ride a wide variety of terrain on the go, (rocky, rooty, loose).
• Keen to improve on the drops, higher speed corners, steeps.

Level 5 Black – Advanced

• Confident on black trails (steep, loose, technical terrain).
• Comfortable at higher speeds through a variety of terrain.
• Looking to learn/improve line choice, technical climbing, medium jumps and drops.

Level 6 Black-Double Black – Advanced/Expert

• Confident on highly technical trails including jumps, drops and elevated trails sections.
• Comfortable on terrain with sections of exposure large features (natural or manmade)
• Keen to tweak form on larger jumps, technical steeps and maybe looking for a guiding job.

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Fitness Levels

Level 1

• You pretty much take it easy in your day-to-day life.
• You can ride for up to 1 hour at a relaxed pace with the occasional break.
• Consecutive ride days would be a challenge.

Level 2

• You can tackle 1-2 easy climbs in a ride (about 150 vertical metres in total).
• You are up for 2 hour bike ride at a moderate pace (with breaks)
• Could handle consecutive ride days (up to 3).

Level 3

• Capable of riding 2-3 hours at a moderate pace with some breaks.
• Comfortable climbing up to 300 vertical metres in a ride.
• Can ride multiple times per week.

Level 4

• Can maintain a moderate pace over a 3-4 hour ride with few breaks.
• Comfortable climbing up to 750 vertical metres on steep terrain in a single ride.
• Can ride multiple days in a row.

Level 5

• Comfortable maintaining a moderate pace over a 3-4 hour ride. Could do so up to a 6 hour ride.
• Capable of steep, sustained climbs up to 1500 vertical metres in a day.
• Can ride long days, multiple days in a row.