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Near Waterfall Track, 1 km away. Photo: Gary Houston, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

Waterfall Track

Mountain bike area · Australia

Is it worth the trip?

72Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Mon 9: Tacky: hero dirt, Air 14 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 88 out of 100

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

Wed 4 · 70 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
0 mm
Rain
8.3 mm
Air
12°C

Thu 5 · 61 out of 100

Trail
Slick
Rain 2 days
16.2 mm
Rain
1.6 mm
Air
11°C

Fri 6 · 30 out of 100

Trail
Muddy
Rain 2 days
29.1 mm
Rain
20.4 mm
Air
8°C

Sat 7 · 35 out of 100

Trail
Muddy
Rain 2 days
50.1 mm
Rain
3.6 mm
Air
8°C

Sun 8 · 61 out of 100

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

Mon 9 · 100 out of 100

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

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 269, good
  2. Tue 388, good
  3. Wed 470, good
  4. Thu 561, good
  5. Fri 630, poor
  6. Sat 735, poor
  7. Sun 861, good
  8. Mon 9100, good
  9. Tue 10100, good
  10. Wed 11100, good

The spot in one fact

  • Best in Jan5 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 Waterfall Track
DayScoreTrailRain 2 daysRainAir
Mon 2Nov*69, goodUnknown–0 mm14°C
Tue 3Nov*88, goodUnknown0 mm0 mm16°C
Wed 4Nov*70, goodUnknown0 mm8.3 mm12°C
Thu 5Nov61, goodSlick16.2 mm1.6 mm11°C
Fri 6Nov30, poorMuddy29.1 mm20.4 mm8°C
Sat 7Nov35, poorMuddy50.1 mm3.6 mm8°C
Sun 8Nov61, goodSlick41.1 mm0 mm11°C
Mon 9Nov100, goodTacky3.9 mm0 mm14°C
Tue 10Nov100, goodTacky0 mm0 mm15°C
Wed 11Nov100, goodTacky0 mm0 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

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Waterfall Track

Best from Nov to Mar. The nearest town to stay in is Queenstown.

  • Routes No mountain bike route is mapped here as a route.

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 BWT, estimated from distance and season, changing at LAX and MEL, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$965–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: Queenstown

Closest

Queenstown

about 10 min by car · 21 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 21 places to stay in Queenstown · Booking.com

About Queenstown 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 34h

About 34h door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → BWT, changing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Melbourne Airport (MEL), then 2h 25m by road

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