The main entry into the Hamner Forest Park is located 1km from the town of Hamner Springs on Jollies Pass Road.

There is parking options at the forest entrance though with its close location to town and the village many choose to ride along Jollies Pass road to the Forest Park. There are a couple of small tracks the run along the road side so the 1 km  journey to the Park is a combination of off road and on road.

This park has something for everyone. It is a matter of working out what will work best for your family.

Biking Distance? The length of this ride is entirely at your discretion you have a few kilometers  of, easy, intermediate, advanced and expert grade single track trails to choose from. With a larger proportion of the tracks being easy or intermediate it makes the Hamner Forest Park a great playground for families with kids of all ages. If they can ride a bike there is something here for them.

The Park is located on both sides of Jollies pass Road. If heading out of town the tracks on the right are relatively flat and where you will find the easy graded trails and the tracks on the left other than the ones close to the entrance are primarily intermediate and advanced trails.

Biking Surface/Biking Skills required/Level of biking fitness:  The surface, the level of skills required as well as your fitness requirement will depend on the level of difficulty of that particular trail. Match the trail to your requirements. Where you ride is totally dependant on your families or your skill level. Choose your ride by understanding and being able interrupt the signs/terminology on the maps. See online map here. The Hamner Forest Park is coded (yellow tracks = beginner/easy, blue tracks = intermediate, red tracks = advanced, black tracks= expert)… is it doable?
Remember the weather on the day will effect your ride. 

Can you ride with Kids Attached? There are rides that you will feel comfortable riding with kids attached. Understand your options of Mountain Biking with bike seats attached and towed

Some things you could plan to discover at Hamner Forest Park – Biking with kids

• Pump Track at picnic area located 1.5 – 2  km from the start of Easy Rider if riding in an anti-clockwise direction.  Pump tracks with changes in terrain offers a good introduction to balance and bike skills . Located at the pump track is a skills board showing you how to get the best out of a pump track and you could learn more about building your skills on these great safe tracks in our story –  The Ups of Pump Tracks.   The kids rode over and off things that initially looked scary to them – what a great confidence boost.  These types of bike skill obstacles create great learning environments – testing balance and decision making skills.  The whole idea is to play around and get used to the feel of your bike and body moving together.  Also to try things several times and watch what other people do.
• Let the kids read the map.  Let them find the beginner tracks and work out what signs and names they should look for along the way.  The signs in this mountain bike park are really well done so are perfect for those new to map reading and navigating through a forest.  Forests can be very disorientating – every tree looks the same and the tracks twist and turn on themselves!
• Relax under the shaded picnic table next to the skills area.  Munch on some well earned food and watch the kids go around the pump track one more time…
• There is no better way than to end some time exercising than enjoying the hot pools, either on the day or maybe if you are enjoying the area on another day. It works as a great bribe as well. As we passed many other families during our riding can report I wasn’t the only Mum handing out that bribe.