Kissing Rock

Trail description

A demanding technical trail. Bring your A-game. Even just to roll it.

The trail starts opposite the Culvert Hub, just at the start of Check Point Charlie. A couple of technical log rollovers get you warmed up before you cross Zig Zag Road and briefly merge with Mr. Twister. You must take a sharp left turn at the top of the rise to continue on Kissing Rock. This will take you into the first of many technical chutes. The trail pops up off the road then drops down to the right with quite a steep roll in. Be aware This needs to be looked at if it’s your first time down, as it is a steep rock berm to rock chute. What follows is a smorgasbord of log drops, steep roll-ins and short technical section

Eventually you will swoop down a big open section that merges once again with Mr Twister. If you stay straight ahead, you will swoop up a hill and come to the Shuttle Pick up bay. If you want to continue on Kissing Rock and head to the bottom of the hill, you will need to take a right-hand turn about halfway up the hill to the shuttle. This is the continuation of Kissing Rock lower section. If you thought the top was a little tricky, the bottom only gets harder!

The second section between the Shuttle Bay and the next Road crossing (Zig Zag Road.) has some extended steep sections that can be quite tricky when wet, with plenty of wet roots and slippery clay surface to catch you out. If that wasn’t bad enough, in the dry its pretty fast and furious.

Then, you cross Zig Zag Road for a second time and head into the third and final section of Kissing Rock, which will test your nerve even more. It is probably wise to have a look at some of these features before riding, as they have fairly high consequences if done wrong.

Drop in off the road for a gentle warm-up around a technical rock garden. Then, a descending left turn that is pretty tricky will lead you to the Kissing Rock! A monster rock that was found while scouting this trail is now the centrepiece of the trail. Watch your speed as you roll in, as it is STEEP and has quite a compressed go-out at the bottom!

Once down this the trail continues with more rock gardens and a couple more tight descending turns as you traverse the hill dropping to one last big rock roll before exiting on to the bottom of Zig Zag Road just above the bridge.

Built:  2015-17 by MMBC