Maydena Bike Park - Top To Bottom: Skyline, Pandani, Waratah, MIA, Eastside, Scandinavia, Tyenna

Maydena is like no other MTB park I've ridden, both here in Australia and overseas.

This was my first trip to Maydena and run 3 of Day 3 (and my 3rd time down this set of trails) - which explains why I'm breathing so heavily (helped along by 12 months of COVID lifestyle). However, as I descend my breathing settles down .. a bit.

Despite being blue (and some green) trails the descent was over 800m in just 5.6km - that's steep for blues! The Thredbo AM Trail is around 443m over 4.6km and my EPIC non-stop top to bottom run at Silver Mt, Idaho, USA was 1000m over 9.6km -    • MTB-TV - Top To Bottom - Silver Mount...  ).

What those stats mean is not a lot of traversing across the mountain, instead, it's many steeply descending berms and trails. For me, this meant a slower average riding speed, a lot of braking, and virtually no respite without actually stopping.

Don't get me wrong, I absolutely loved it and I've already booked a return trip, but I'll be going back after losing a tonne of weight and building a whole lot of strength and fitness.

0:00 The Summit
0:27 Skyline
4:06 Pandani
8:02 Waratah
12:10 MIA
14:02 Eastside
16:45 Scandinavia
19:40 Tyenna
21:01 Homeward