Shelley to Cudgewa bike route with deviations
Mountain bike area · Australia
Is it worth the trip?
93Good out of 100 for your dates
5 days tie for best
Tue 3 · 61 out of 100
- Trail
- Slick
- Rain 2 days
- 8 mm
- Rain
- 0.4 mm
- Air
- 22°C
Wed 4 · 96 out of 100
- Trail
- Unknown
- Rain 2 days
- 9.2 mm
- Rain
- 0.9 mm
- Air
- 20°C
Thu 5 · 96 out of 100
- Trail
- Unknown
- Rain 2 days
- 4.7 mm
- Rain
- 0 mm
- Air
- 16°C
Fri 6 · 96 out of 100
- Trail
- Unknown
- Rain 2 days
- 3.5 mm
- Rain
- 0 mm
- Air
- 19°C
Sat 7 · 96 out of 100
- Trail
- Unknown
- Rain 2 days
- 0 mm
- Rain
- 0.3 mm
- Air
- 14°C
Sun 8 · 96 out of 100
- Trail
- Unknown
- Rain 2 days
- 0.3 mm
- Rain
- 0 mm
- Air
- 14°C
Mon 9 · 91 out of 100
- Trail
- Dry
- Rain 2 days
- 0.3 mm
- Rain
- 0 mm
- Air
- 19°C
Tap a day for the trail, the rain and the air. Full forecast
Forecast: next 10 days
Full forecast- Mon 265, good
- Tue 361, good
- Wed 496, good
- Thu 596, good
- Fri 696, good
- Sat 796, good
- Sun 896, good
- Mon 991, good
- Tue 1091, good
- Wed 1184, good
The spot in two facts
- 1 routemapped within 10 km
- 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.
| Day | Score | Trail | Rain 2 days | Rain | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 2Nov* | 65, good | Unknown | – | 4 mm | 20°C |
| Tue 3Nov | 61, good | Slick | 8 mm | 0.4 mm | 22°C |
| Wed 4Nov* | 96, good | Unknown | 9.2 mm | 0.9 mm | 20°C |
| Thu 5Nov* | 96, good | Unknown | 4.7 mm | 0 mm | 16°C |
| Fri 6Nov* | 96, good | Unknown | 3.5 mm | 0 mm | 19°C |
| Sat 7Nov* | 96, good | Unknown | 0 mm | 0.3 mm | 14°C |
| Sun 8Nov* | 96, good | Unknown | 0.3 mm | 0 mm | 14°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 91, good | Dry | 0.3 mm | 0 mm | 19°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 91, good | Dry | 0 mm | 0 mm | 22°C |
| Wed 11Nov* | 84, good | Unknown | 0 mm | 0 mm | 24°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.
Best time to go
best Dec–Mar
Good mountain biking days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).
- Jan6of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
- Feb6of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
- Mar6of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
- Apr5of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
- May4of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
- Jun2of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
- Jul2of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
- Aug3of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
- Sep4of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
- Oct5of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
- Nov5of 7: a trip from Tue 3 Nov
- Dec6of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec
Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.
Typical weather, not a forecast.
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the area and its town
Shelley to Cudgewa bike route with deviations on Google Maps · Directions
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About Shelley to Cudgewa bike route with deviations
1 mountain bike route mapped. Best from Sep to May. Ebden, 57 km away, is the nearest town we list; we have not checked places to stay there. Nearest place to stay we found: Elmstead Cottages, Cudgewa, 11 km. Nearest beds: Tumbarumba, 59 km. Nearest airport: Albury Airport (ABX), 64 km.
- Routes 1 mountain bike route mapped.
From OpenStreetMap: the mountain bike routes mapped within 10 km.
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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$1,700–US$3,330 each
about US$1,700–US$3,330 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, 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
| What | How we worked it out | Each |
|---|---|---|
| Flights | return MDW to ABX, estimated from distance and season, changing at LAX and SYD, full-service airlines, with a hold bag | about US$945–US$1,960 |
| Hire car | 6 days, shared | about US$147–US$241 |
| Food | 7 days eating out | about US$322–US$596 |
| Bike hire | 5 days, or about US$114 to fly your own | about US$288–US$529 |
| Total | about US$1,700–US$3,330 |
No town nearby, so no stay is in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.
Where to stay: nearest beds 59 km away
No town nearby
Ebden, 57 km away, is the nearest town we list; we have not checked places to stay there. Nearest place to stay we found: Elmstead Cottages, Cudgewa, 11 km. Nearest beds: Tumbarumba, 59 km. Nearest airport: Albury Airport (ABX), 64 km.
See places to stay near Tumbarumba, 59 km away · Booking.comGetting there: about 32h 10m
About 32h 10m door to door from Chicago
Fly MDW → ABX, changing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD), then 1h 25m by road
Flights MDW → ABX on your dates · Skyscanner
An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.