| Appin | Green |
| Awaba State Forest | Green |
| Cascades | Amber |
| Glenrock State Conservation Area | Green |
| Great Northern Road | Green |
| Lake Woodford | Green |
| Lane Cove National Park | Green |
| Manly Dam | Green |
| Menai (Lucas Heights) | Green |
| Nepean River | Green |
| North Turramurra | Green |
| Ourimbah State Forest | Green |
| Red Hill | Green |
| Royal National Park | Green |
| Ryland | Amber |
| Sparrow Hill | Amber |
| Terrey Hills | Green |
| Yellomundee Regional Park | Amber |
The Oaks
At a Glance
The main Oaks Firetrail is one of the classic Blue Mountains rides, but there's more in this area than just that.
10-50kms+
Glenbrook station carpark.
Won't go into too much detail now as there's plenty written about these rides elsewhere on the internet. Notably, see the Fat Hippy's Blue Mountains rides (link below).
The easiest ride you could probably do here would be to drive to The Oaks Picnic area (on the main firetrail) as there are no locked gates to get in your way. Should be OK in a 2WD but after climbing up from the creek crossing the sealed road ends and can get quiet corrugated (which isn't nice to cycle on either). Anyhow, for that easy ride, park up and head to the Nepean lookout and back, around 10Kms round trip of nice undulating track.
Of course, most people will be a little more hardcore and want more distance from this, so here's a brief overview of the trails:
The Oaks Firetrail
The main trail running from Woodford to Glenbrook. Get dropped off or take the train to Woodford and ride it in the downward direction only, or do it tough and cycle up then down. Tough climbs in both directions, just more of them heading up. Fantastic single track section to the left of the main firetrail shortly after the gate near the picnic area.
St Helena Track
Very technical trail that splits from main firetrail near the top (about 5Kms in?). See St Helena for more detail.
Nepean Lookout Firetrail
As mentioned above, nice and easy ride to a top view:
Why not take in the Pisgah Rock Trail on the way, it's only an extra 700m one way?
Pisgah Ridge Firetrail
Don't know - haven't been there, splits away from Nepean Lookout at a hard right in the road (and there's also a small carpark to the left there).
Red Hands Firetrail
Don't know - haven't been. But there's some cave paintings at the end of this (which can apparantly be driven the whole way). A walking trail is marked as joining back up to the creek crossing on the main Oaks Firetrail.
| Title | Distance | Vertical Climb | Vertical Drop | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Oaks - One Way | 29.33Km | 574m | 1010m |
Classic Oaks route from Woodford to Glenbrook station via firetrail then sniggle and technical sections at the end. |
| Oaks one way + Pisgah Rock | 33.45Km | 552m | 999m |
Standard one way route with Pisgah Rock tagged on (turn right at the gate for an out and back). |
| Nepean + Oaks + St Helena | 46.8Km | 1234m | 1210m |
Up the Oaks taking in Pisgah Ridge, not quiet to the top then return via St Helenas hike-a-bike section. |
| The Oaks Up & Back | 53.24Km | 1303m | 1303m |
The famous Oaks firetrail up and back from Glenbrook Station. |
| Andersons + The Oaks | 59.7Km | 1151m | 1851m |
Tougher than it sounds - one way from Wentworth Falls to Glenbrook via Andersons and The Oaks. |
| Challenge | Distance |
|---|---|
| The Oaks - Helipad to Gate | 5.51Km |
| Title | When |
|---|---|
| The Oaks (if it is dry) | 4 weeks 1 day ago |
| A Proper HTFU Training Ride | 10 weeks 2 days ago |
| Early Oaks Trail Saturday | 11 weeks 2 days ago |
| The Oaks - New Riders A Little Bit Below Average Bike Fitness | 14 weeks 2 days ago |
| 17 weeks 1 day ago |



