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Mount Beauty, the nearest town, 2 km away. Photo: Stephen Edmonds, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Big Hill DH Track

Mountain bike area · Australia

Is it worth the trip?

93Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

4 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 55 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
15.3 mm
Rain
4 mm
Air
19°C

Wed 4 · 81 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
19.3 mm
Rain
2.2 mm
Air
18°C

Thu 5 · 61 out of 100

Trail
Slick
Rain 2 days
11 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
16°C

Fri 6 · 100 out of 100

Trail
Tacky
Rain 2 days
7 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
17°C

Sat 7 · 100 out of 100

Trail
Tacky
Rain 2 days
0.6 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
13°C

Sun 8 · 100 out of 100

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

Mon 9 · 100 out of 100

Trail
Tacky
Rain 2 days
0 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
16°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 258, fair
  2. Tue 355, fair
  3. Wed 481, good
  4. Thu 561, good
  5. Fri 6100, good
  6. Sat 7100, good
  7. Sun 8100, good
  8. Mon 9100, good
  9. Tue 1091, good
  10. Wed 1191, good

The spot in two facts

  • 4 routesmapped within 10 km
  • Up to S5Singletrail scale

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 Big Hill DH Track
DayScoreTrailRain 2 daysRainAir
Mon 2Nov*58, fairUnknown–6.4 mm18°C
Tue 3Nov*55, fairUnknown15.3 mm4 mm19°C
Wed 4Nov*81, goodUnknown19.3 mm2.2 mm18°C
Thu 5Nov61, goodSlick11 mm0 mm16°C
Fri 6Nov100, goodTacky7 mm0 mm17°C
Sat 7Nov100, goodTacky0.6 mm0 mm13°C
Sun 8Nov100, goodTacky0.6 mm0 mm14°C
Mon 9Nov100, goodTacky0 mm0 mm16°C
Tue 10Nov91, goodDry0 mm0 mm18°C
Wed 11Nov91, goodDry0 mm0 mm22°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

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Big Hill DH Track

4 mountain bike routes mapped. Hardest trail: S5 on the Singletrail scale. Best from Sep to May. The nearest town to stay in is Mount Beauty.

  • Routes 4 mountain bike routes mapped.
  • Hardest Hardest trail: S5 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: Mount Beauty

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Closest

Mount Beauty

about 5 min by car · 12 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 12 places to stay in Mount Beauty · Booking.com

About Mount Beauty 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 05m

About 32h 05m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → MEL, changing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), then 4h 20m by road

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