Staying Home Sucks, home
Scenic view, Mount Buller, 2007 (1)
Mount Buller, the nearest town. Photo: Bahnfrend, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Mount Buller

Mountain bike area · Australia

Is it worth the trip?

91Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

3 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 61 out of 100

Trail
Slick
Rain 2 days
16.5 mm
Rain
0.7 mm
Air
18°C

Wed 4 · 81 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
17.3 mm
Rain
3.5 mm
Air
15°C

Thu 5 · 61 out of 100

Trail
Slick
Rain 2 days
13.7 mm
Rain
0.2 mm
Air
13°C

Fri 6 · 100 out of 100

Trail
Slick
Rain 2 days
13.1 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
14°C

Sat 7 · 88 out of 100

Trail
Slick
Rain 2 days
2.3 mm
Rain
0.3 mm
Air
9°C

Sun 8 · 100 out of 100

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

Mon 9 · 100 out of 100

Trail
Tacky
Rain 2 days
0.3 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 255, fair
  2. Tue 361, good
  3. Wed 481, good
  4. Thu 561, good
  5. Fri 6100, good
  6. Sat 788, good
  7. Sun 8100, good
  8. Mon 9100, good
  9. Tue 10100, good
  10. Wed 1152, fair

The spot in four facts

  • 18 routesmapped within 10 km
  • Bike parkor trail centre
  • Up to S3Singletrail scale
  • Best Dec–Mar6 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 Mount Buller
DayScoreTrailRain 2 daysRainAir
Mon 2Nov*55, fairUnknown–9.6 mm13°C
Tue 3Nov61, goodSlick16.5 mm0.7 mm18°C
Wed 4Nov*81, goodUnknown17.3 mm3.5 mm15°C
Thu 5Nov61, goodSlick13.7 mm0.2 mm13°C
Fri 6Nov100, goodSlick13.1 mm0 mm14°C
Sat 7Nov88, goodSlick2.3 mm0.3 mm9°C
Sun 8Nov100, goodTacky2.4 mm0 mm15°C
Mon 9Nov100, goodTacky0.3 mm0 mm16°C
Tue 10Nov100, goodTacky0 mm0 mm21°C
Wed 11Nov52, fairSlick0.6 mm10.2 mm8°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.

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Mount Buller

18 mountain bike routes mapped. A bike park or trail centre is mapped here. Hardest trail: S3 on the Singletrail scale. Best from Oct to Apr. The nearest town to stay in is Mount Buller.

  • Routes 18 mountain bike routes mapped.
  • Bike park Bike park or trail centre
  • 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$2,330–US$4,400 each

about US$2,330–US$4,400 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food, bike hire, bike uplift.

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 2 November 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$959–US$2,000
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$148–US$242
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$362–US$604
Food7 days eating outabout US$322–US$597
Bike hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$289–US$530
Bike uplift5 days on the bike lifts; leave it out if you ride upabout US$255–US$429
Totalabout US$2,330–US$4,400

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Mount Buller

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Closest

Mount Buller

about 5 min by car · 48 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 48 places to stay in Mount Buller · Booking.com

About Mount Buller 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 2 November 2026.

Getting there: about 30h 45m

About 30h 45m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → MEL, changing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), then 2h 55m by road

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