Staying Home Sucks, home
Blue dusk in the mountains (Unsplash)
Falls Creek, the nearest town, 18 km away. Photo: Dave Edgar dedgar, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

Appin Way

Mountain bike area · Australia

Is it worth the trip?

89Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

2 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 50 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
18.3 mm
Rain
3.5 mm
Air
12°C

Wed 4 · 70 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
21.8 mm
Rain
1.9 mm
Air
14°C

Thu 5 · 61 out of 100

Trail
Slick
Rain 2 days
7.8 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
13°C

Fri 6 · 100 out of 100

Trail
Tacky
Rain 2 days
4.3 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
14°C

Sat 7 · 94 out of 100

Trail
Tacky
Rain 2 days
1.8 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
7°C

Sun 8 · 92 out of 100

Trail
Tacky
Rain 2 days
2.1 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
5°C

Mon 9 · 100 out of 100

Trail
Tacky
Rain 2 days
0.3 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
15°C

Tap a day for the trail, the rain and the air. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 264, good
  2. Tue 350, fair
  3. Wed 470, good
  4. Thu 561, good
  5. Fri 6100, good
  6. Sat 794, good
  7. Sun 892, good
  8. Mon 9100, good
  9. Tue 10100, good
  10. Wed 1193, good

The spot in three facts

  • 11 routesmapped within 10 km
  • Up to S3Singletrail scale
  • Best in Feb6 good days in 7

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know trail closures, fallen trees or your skill.

Weather forecast and score for each day at Appin Way
DayScoreTrailRain 2 daysRainAir
Mon 2Nov*64, goodUnknown–4.8 mm13°C
Tue 3Nov*50, fairUnknown18.3 mm3.5 mm12°C
Wed 4Nov*70, goodUnknown21.8 mm1.9 mm14°C
Thu 5Nov61, goodSlick7.8 mm0 mm13°C
Fri 6Nov100, goodTacky4.3 mm0 mm14°C
Sat 7Nov94, goodTacky1.8 mm0 mm7°C
Sun 8Nov92, goodTacky2.1 mm0 mm5°C
Mon 9Nov100, goodTacky0.3 mm0 mm15°C
Tue 10Nov100, goodTacky0 mm0 mm16°C
Wed 11Nov*93, goodUnknown0 mm1.2 mm17°C

* Rain before today is not known: the forecast starts today, so these days are scored from a dry start and a wet one.

Trail is the soil that morning, from the rain before; rain in mm, air in °C. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the area and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

Town

The map needs JavaScript. Every place on it is listed on this page, and each place's page links to Google Maps.

One finger scrolls the page; two fingers move the map. Pins are our own positions. Map OpenFreeMap, © OpenMapTiles, data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

More mountain biking near here

1 place

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Appin Way

11 mountain bike routes mapped. Hardest trail: S3 on the Singletrail scale. Best from Sep to May. The nearest town to stay in is Falls Creek.

  • Routes 11 mountain bike routes mapped.
  • Hardest Hardest trail: S3 on the Singletrail scale.

From OpenStreetMap: the mountain bike routes mapped within 10 km.

Bike routes and parks: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$2,080–US$3,970 each

about US$2,080–US$3,970 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food, bike hire.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to MEL, estimated from distance and season, changing at LAX, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$958–US$2,000
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$147–US$241
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$362–US$603
Food7 days eating outabout US$322–US$596
Bike hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$288–US$529
Totalabout US$2,080–US$3,970

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Falls Creek

Closest

Falls Creek

about 35 min by car · 50 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 50 places to stay in Falls Creek · Booking.com

About Falls Creek its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$134 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 32h

About 32h door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → MEL, changing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), then 4h 10m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.