Grading

Level Five:

Black Route, over 50km

• Includes extreme terrain
• Some sections can be considered totally unrideable for the majority of people

Level Four:

Red Route, 30-40km

• Steep terrain
• Larger Obstacles - requiring a high level of riding expertise
• Greater range of bodily movements is required to ride this terrain/larger boulders
• Deep narrow ruts
• Very slippery terrain
• Terrain where very good control of brakes is required
• Bike itself needs to be in very good condition
• Bike must be equipped appropriately ie good tyres, suspension, mud guards

Level Three:

Blue Route, 8-25km

• Moderately steep inclines requiring reasonable amount of effort on the climbs
• Greater degree of technical expertise needed on the descents
• Terrain may demand that riders pick a line through

• Obstacles on the terrain
  
  

Level Two:

Green Route 8-20km

• Moderate climbs
• Moderate descents
• Rougher or slightly slippery ground surface
• Picking a line will or should not be necessary
• Any line on the track should be rideable but may include; small stones, shallow broad ruts, slightly slippery terrain

Level One:

Yellow route 8km or less

• Fairly flat terrain
• Even surface over whole width of track
• Track being at least 6ft wide
• No big climbs
• No big descents