Bright to Mt Beauty

Philip Watts said:

Hi all,

I was thinking of doing the Wangaratta to Bright railway trail, then
riding to Mt Beauty, and then north towards Albury to catch the rail
trail that runs into town there.

My question is - has anyone here ridden from Bright to Mt Beauty? I have
a topographic map and it sure looks hilly! I'm not above getting off and
walking, but it would be great to hear from someone who has experienced
this first hand.

Towonga gap. It gets ridden -lots-

See :

http://www.cycle2max.com/
and go looking for it.

The climb on the Bright side aint too bad, the climb on the Mt Beauty side is a bee-artch!!!

The Tawonga Gap on that cycle2max.com site is the monster on the east side, but luckily your favoured route will take you DOWN that.
The west (bright side) is approx 12km long but just steady, whereas the east-nastee side does the same climb in half the distance

It's a regular part of the Alpine CLassic, but you have already done 100=km by the tie you get back to Tawonga Gap, (that' the only time i have experienced it. maybe i wouldnt hat it so if encountered at the start of a ride 🙄 )

PS Bright Bakery is compulsory 😄

I did this climb 2 weeks ago. Dutchie's right, the Bright-Mt Beauty side isn't that hard (I avg 16kmh taking it pretty easy). There's 5 or 6 km of rolling to start, then it heads up for the last 6km at an average of 6%. There are sections of over 10%, but they're few and far between. The return leg is much harder (esp after Falls!)...not as many 10%+ sections, but longer @ 7.7km and just a higher average gradient (a bit under 7%).

ps. the view from the top is stunning over the Kiewa Valley and toward Falls Creek.

Walrus said:

I did this climb 2 weeks ago.

you in training for the classic?

flyingdutch said:

you in training for the classic?

Yep. I did the 130km route 2 weeks ago, that's a great ride! I feel a lot stronger than last year cause I've been commuting to work on a 15kg beast. Are you in it?

Walrus said:

Yep. I did the 130km route 2 weeks ago, that's a great ride! I feel a lot stronger than last year cause I've been commuting to work on a 15kg beast. Are you in it?

nope. gonna be in Amsterdam scaling the giddy heights over the canals 😄😄😄
then returning for a possible date with the shoulder surgeon again. still tring to deny i need that done 🙄

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flyingdutch said:

The climb on the Bright side aint too bad, the climb on the Mt Beauty
side is a bee-artch!!!

The Tawonga Gap on that cycle2max.com site is the monster on the east
side, but luckily your favoured route will take you DOWN that.
The west (bright side) is approx 12km long but just steady, whereas the
east-nastee side does the same climb in half the distance

It's a regular part of the Alpine CLassic, but you have already done
100=km by the tie you get back to Tawonga Gap, (that' the only time i
have experienced it. maybe i wouldnt hat it so if encountered at the
start of a ride 🙄 )

PS Bright Bakery is compulsory 😄

Thanks for the advice guys!

Phil

Walrus said:

Yep. I did the 130km route 2 weeks ago, that's a great ride! I feel a lot stronger than last year cause I've been commuting to work on a 15kg beast. Are you in it?

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