Blores Hill Mtb Park

Overview

Blores Hill is a free, purpose-built mountain bike park in Glenmaggie Regional Park, sitting in native box-ironbark bushland on the Gippsland plains roughly 6 km north of Heyfield. The reserve is about 50 acres, with around 20–28 km of singletrack laid out across 13 mountain-bike trails plus one horse-only trail. The land is managed by Parks Victoria; trails are built and maintained by the volunteer-run Gippsland Mountain Bike Club (GMBC, "Gippsland Mountain Bike Inc").

The trail mix is unusually broad for a small bushland park: green-rated family loops, flowing intermediate descents with bermed corners and bridges, and a handful of more technical rocky lines for advanced riders. Standout named trails include Bluegreen, Jims, Trig, Lower Tramway and the Family Loop. The historic Tramway track runs the length of the reserve as a gently graded connector, which makes the park easy to link into longer rides. Trailforks lists the park as essentially flat (~36 m climbing, ~465 m total descent on the "Grand Tour" route), so it suits XC-style riding and beginner progression rather than gravity riders.

Blores Hill is one of seven sites in the proposed Central Gippsland "G7" MTB Hub — a regional plan to position central Gippsland as a nationally significant MTB destination by linking Blores Hill with Maryvale Pines, Somewhere Good, Avon-Mt Hedrick, Erica, Mt Baw Baw and Haunted Hills (eventually >250 km of singletrack within a 60 km radius).

Location & Access

• Address: Tinamba-Glenmaggie Road, Tinamba West VIC 3859
• Region: Gippsland (Central Gippsland / Wellington Shire)
• Drive times: ~25 min from Sale, ~40 min from Traralgon, ~3 hr from Melbourne CBD
• Public transport: None practical — V/Line trains run as far as Sale; Heyfield and Tinamba have no rail; car required.
• Parking: Two unsealed vehicle car parks — one off Tinamba-Glenmaggie Road / Ostbergs Road and one off Weir Road from Heyfield.
• Coords: -37.9339203, 146.8049259 (verified against existing DB row; sits within Glenmaggie Regional Park bushland)

Best Season & Conditions

• Peak riding season: Year-round — Trailforks lists trails as "rideable all year round"
• Wet-weather impact: Trails can be closed after extreme weather; check Parks Vic alerts before driving
• Fire-danger / total-fire-ban impact: Box-ironbark bushland — closures possible on Code Red / TFB days during summer (Nov–Mar). Check VicEmergency / Parks Vic before visiting.
• Snow / alpine season: N/A — low-elevation site (highest point ~161 m)
• School-holiday surge: Modest — Blores Hill is a regional rather than tourist destination, with a small but loyal local riding community

Managing Body & Trail Builders

• Land manager: Parks Victoria (Heyfield office)
• Trail builder / maintainer: Gippsland Mountain Bike Club (GMBC / Gippsland MTB Inc)
• Volunteer / dig days: Working bees run by GMBC; sign up via the club site or parkconnect.vic.gov.au
• Donations / membership: Club memberships are processed through AusCycling — select "Gippsland MTB" as your club. AusCycling offers a 4-week complimentary trial membership.
• Club website: https://gippslandmtb.com.au/ (dedicated park page at /trail/blores-hill/)
• Club email: info@gippslandmtb.com.au

History & Background

• The reserve sits on the traditional lands of the Gunaikurnai people, who first occupied the area; the park has both natural and Aboriginal cultural heritage values.
• Blores Hill MTB Park is co-located within Glenmaggie Regional Park, near the southern shore of Lake Glenmaggie. Some of the singletrack reuses original tramway and horse-track alignments — the historic Tramway track is now a graded connector that runs north–south through the reserve.
• The Gippsland Mountain Bike Club has run events at Blores Hill including a Victorian Enduro Series round and a Rocky Trail Entertainment "Blores Hill 6 Hour" (Shimano MTB GP series) in 2021.
• Blores Hill is one of seven nominated sites in the Central Gippsland "G7" Mountain Bike Hub — a strategic regional MTB plan whose feasibility study was funded in 2020 (TRC Tourism led the study). The G7 vision is to deliver >250 km of singletrack within a 60 km radius, linking Blores Hill, Maryvale Pines, Somewhere Good (Glengarry), Avon-Mt Hedrick, Erica, Mt Baw Baw and Haunted Hills (Newborough).

Recent News & Updates (last 12 months)

• 2025-04-02 — Trailforks status flagged 3 trails on the Blores Hill Grand Tour route as having significant issues, suggesting recent storm or maintenance gap; club working bees ongoing. (Trailforks status)
• 2024–2026 — No new park-specific announcements surfaced in public news. Wider G7 program continues with Stage 2 of Haunted Hills underway; Blores Hill is positioned as a node in the network rather than a current build site.

Note: GMBC's Events page currently shows "no upcoming events" and the last news posts on the club site are from 2020–2021. Recent activity is happening more on the club's Facebook than on the website — worth a manual check before publishing a blog post.

Sources

1. Parks Victoria — Blores Hill Mountain Bike Park (Glenmaggie Regional Park) — https://www.parks.vic.gov.au/places-to-see/parks/glenmaggie-regional-park/attractions/blores-hill-mountain-bike-park — accessed 2026-05-07
2. Gippsland MTB — Blores Hill trail page — https://gippslandmtb.com.au/trail/blores-hill/ — accessed 2026-05-07
3. Gippsland MTB — homepage / news / events — https://gippslandmtb.com.au/ — accessed 2026-05-07
4. Visit Heyfield — Blores Hill Mountain Bike Park — https://www.visitheyfield.com.au/blores-hill-mountain-bike-park — accessed 2026-05-07
5. Visit Gippsland — Central Gippsland G7 Mountain Biking Hub — https://www.visitgippsland.com.au/destination-gippsland/about/industry-resources/central-gippsland-g7-mountain-biking-hub — accessed 2026-05-07
6. TRC Tourism — Feasibility Study and Business Case for Central Gippsland G7 MTB Hub — https://trctourism.com/portfolio-items/feasibility-study-and-business-case-for-central-gippsland-g7-mountain-bike-hub/ — accessed 2026-05-07
7. The Middle of Everywhere — Blores Hill Mountain Bike Park — https://themiddleofeverywhere.com.au/en/profiles/blores-hill-mountain-bike-park — accessed 2026-05-07