{"id":149443,"date":"2021-07-07T17:54:33","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T07:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flowmountainbike.com\/?p=149443"},"modified":"2021-07-15T11:38:57","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T01:38:57","slug":"canberra-cotter-pines-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flowmountainbike.com\/post-all\/canberra-cotter-pines-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Canberra&#8217;s Cotter Pines is getting twice as big"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Canberra is becoming quite the mountain biking destination, with more than a dozen trail centres scattered around the Bush Capital. The latest addition, Cotter Pines, has effectively doubled its offering in just six months and has just opened four new trails to the public.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Located northwest of the Canberra CBD, out past Stromlo, Cotter Pines is the result of a collaborative effort between the volunteer-based Kowalski Brothers Trailworks, Iconic Trails, Pedal Power ACT and ACT Parks <\/span>and Conservation Service<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flowmountainbike.com\/features\/mogo-adventure-trails-hub-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rising from the Ashes \u2014 Mogo is getting new trails and upgrades to the existing network<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flowmountainbike.com\/features\/cairns-trails-paradise-smithfield\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cairns Trails in Paradise plans to add up to 70km of trails to Smithfield and Kuranda<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flowmountainbike.com\/features\/bulk-air-time-vapour-trail-stromlos-new-jump-track\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bulk Air Time: Vapour Trail, Stromlo\u2019s New Jump Track<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_149445\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-149445\" style=\"width: 1745px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"149445\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/flowmountainbike.com\/post-all\/canberra-cotter-pines-act\/attachment\/caroline-baxter-krush-grassroots-02-recovered\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/media.flowmountainbike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/07132108\/CAROLINE-BAXTER-KRUSH-GRASSROOTS-02-Recovered.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1800,1238\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CAROLINE &#038; BAXTER KRUSH GRASSROOTS 02-Recovered\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/media.flowmountainbike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/07132108\/CAROLINE-BAXTER-KRUSH-GRASSROOTS-02-Recovered-1745x1200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/media.flowmountainbike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/07132108\/CAROLINE-BAXTER-KRUSH-GRASSROOTS-02-Recovered.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-149445 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/media.flowmountainbike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/07132108\/CAROLINE-BAXTER-KRUSH-GRASSROOTS-02-Recovered-1745x1200.jpg\" alt=\"Cotter Pines Trail Network\" width=\"1745\" height=\"1200\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-149445\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cotter Pines is the latest mountain bike trail network to be constructed in Canberra. This isn&#8217;t the result of massive amounts of government funding but has come to fruition thanks to a group of passionate local trail builders.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Alan Vogt from Kowalski Brothers Trailworks has been involved in volunteer trail building around Canberra since the 1990s and has contributed to the trails at Stromlo, Kowen Forest, Arboretum, Sparrow Hill, Zoo Pines, Bruce Ridge, Majura Pines to name a few. His motley crew of volunteers set their sights on Cotter Pines in 2018, and began cutting trails mid-winter.\u00a0 A year-and-a-half and 800-hours of demanding volunteer building later, they had completed the first 8km loop.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cCotter Pines is a young plantation with a bazillion branches and the thickest stands of blackberry I\u2019ve ever experienced. It was really hard going. Starting from scratch as we were and with a massive task ahead, I was keen to look for a smarter way to work\u2026,\u201d says Vogt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201c&#8230;It started off as an idea in my own head \u2014 wanting to find a quicker way to transform Cotter \u2014 and grew into something real when Garreth Paton and I caught up for a beer, where he told me he was starting a trail company (Iconic Trails). We both loved the idea of exploring a collaborative approach to trail building \u2014 one where volunteer and commercial inputs come together in the design and crafting of trail,\u201d he says\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_149446\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-149446\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"149446\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/flowmountainbike.com\/post-all\/canberra-cotter-pines-act\/attachment\/hastalavista\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/media.flowmountainbike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/07132130\/HastaLaVista.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"HastaLaVista\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/media.flowmountainbike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/07132130\/HastaLaVista.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/media.flowmountainbike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/07132130\/HastaLaVista.jpeg\" class=\"wp-image-149446 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/media.flowmountainbike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/07132130\/HastaLaVista.jpeg\" alt=\"Cotter Pines\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-149446\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not a bad spot to put in mountain bike trails if you ask us.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Working better together<\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Shortly after this collaborative approach was scrawled on the back of a bar napkin, Vogt learned that ACT Sport and Recreation was launching grants through the Capital Assistance Program to fund capital developments in sport and recreation facilities. The ACT <\/span>Parks and Conservation Service, who are the responsible land managers, were supportive of the concept, <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">and all the ducks were falling in a row.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cIt turned out the Kowalskis would be unable to apply for a grant because we are not a club, business or other sort of legal entity \u2014 we are but a proud rabble \u2014 so I reached out to Pedal Power ACT to see if they would partner (with us),\u201d Vogt tells Flow. \u201cPedal Power submitted the application, and in early 2020 we learned we had attracted a $25,000 grant to build three new trails at Cotter Pines.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_149451\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-149451\" style=\"width: 1440px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"149451\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/flowmountainbike.com\/post-all\/canberra-cotter-pines-act\/attachment\/150384501_450964239672732_7760459618752895257_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/media.flowmountainbike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/07132737\/150384501_450964239672732_7760459618752895257_n.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1440,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"150384501_450964239672732_7760459618752895257_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/media.flowmountainbike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/07132737\/150384501_450964239672732_7760459618752895257_n.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/media.flowmountainbike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/07132737\/150384501_450964239672732_7760459618752895257_n.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-149451 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/media.flowmountainbike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/07132737\/150384501_450964239672732_7760459618752895257_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-149451\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Commercial outfit Iconic Trails and the volunteer-based Kowalski Brothers Trailworks collaborated to make Cotter Pines a reality.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Together with Iconic Trails, Vogt and the Kowalski Brothers Trailworks worked like a well oiled machine to accelerate the speed at which trail could be laid down. Both teams collaborated on trail alignment and design, with volunteers going ahead to clear a path for the machinery, Iconic followed with diggers and compactors, and volunteers returned on the weekends to work on the finishing touches.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In the lead up to the opening of the first seven trails, Vogt and his partners learned they had won an additional $50,000 to expand the network further.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cWork on delivering these Stage 2 grant-funded trails was completed in June 2021 \u2013 resulting in the delivery of four cool new trails. Through this collaborative approach, we\u2019ve managed to double the trail density in under six months \u2014 there is 16kms of track there now,\u201d Vogt says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Vogt also tells Flow they have just learned Cotter Pines has attracted an additional $25,000 in grant funding to add in a beginner and family-friendly loop, leaving from the main trailhead.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_149449\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-149449\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"149449\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/flowmountainbike.com\/post-all\/canberra-cotter-pines-act\/attachment\/20200916_122152\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/media.flowmountainbike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/07132728\/20200916_122152.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G973F&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1600258363&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.32&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20200916_122152\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/media.flowmountainbike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/07132728\/20200916_122152.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/media.flowmountainbike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/07132728\/20200916_122152.jpeg\" class=\"wp-image-149449 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/media.flowmountainbike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/07132728\/20200916_122152.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-149449\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Would you look at the berm!?! A thing of beauty.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">What are the Cotter Pines Mountain Bike Trails like?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The new trails which have just opened are Eagle Rock, Dazed and Confused, Sneaky Pete and Start Me Up and form the northwestern boundary of the network. Vogt tells Flow the trails at Cotter are a mix of old school hand-built trails, with a smattering of tight twisty corners, and of course, some machine built track designed to be railed at speed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThe new trails are a cool merging of machine-made and hand-hewn and we\u2019ve now got one of the nicest flow trails in Canberra hidden amongst the trees,\u201d he says.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_149450\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-149450\" style=\"width: 1440px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"149450\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/flowmountainbike.com\/post-all\/canberra-cotter-pines-act\/attachment\/145765619_443861207049702_859937513984555233_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/media.flowmountainbike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/07132733\/145765619_443861207049702_859937513984555233_n.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1440,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"145765619_443861207049702_859937513984555233_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/media.flowmountainbike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/07132733\/145765619_443861207049702_859937513984555233_n.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/media.flowmountainbike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/07132733\/145765619_443861207049702_859937513984555233_n.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-149450 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/media.flowmountainbike.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/07132733\/145765619_443861207049702_859937513984555233_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-149450\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The trails at Cotter Pins are a mixture of machine-built and hand-cut singletrack. Vogt believes this is just the beginning of the riding potential in this forest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Vogt tells Flow Cotter Pines is currently tilted towards an XC riding style, however, there is scope for more enduro-style trails once a few areas nearby, like Mt McDonald, are made available.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cCotter and Blue Range have been identified as a key part of the future for mountain biking in the Canberra region,\u201d Vogt says. \u201cI guess the work we are doing at Cotter Pines these past few years is us taking the initiative and making as strong a start as a bunch of motivated individuals can make, and demonstrating the outstanding potential of Cotter as a centre for trail-based recreation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">For more info on Cotter Pines, or to find out when the next dig days will be, head over to the<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kowalskitrailworks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Kowalski Trail Works Facebook page<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canberra is becoming quite the mountain biking destination, with more than a dozen trail centres scattered around the Bush Capital. The latest addition, Cotter Pines, has effectively doubled its offering in just six months and has just opened four new trails to the public.\u00a0 Located northwest of the Canberra CBD, out past Stromlo, Cotter Pines 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