Sunday Hills Rides (early start)

Sunday Hills Rides↓Up-coming←Back

To be held most Sundays from mid October to early in May, except when a PERFECT ride is on Rides start at various early times and locations depending on weather, on most Sundays except when there is a PERFECT ride. <50km, coffee and lots of single gravel tracks. Not suitable for heavy E-bikes

Details:

  • Start Time: sunrise – 9am
  • Location: To be determined each week
  • Distance: Less than 50km
  • Terrain: gravel and single tracks
  • Note: This ride is ideal for mountain or gravel bikes. Road bikes and heavy e-bikes are not suitable, as you could encounter occasional locked gates or challenging terrain. A near mid point coffee stop will be scheduled for each ride. Routes will be posted for download on the SARCC Events page a few days before each ride.

Ride Leadership:
The rides will initially be led by Pete Boult, but we encourage others to join in and lead future rides!

Join us for a fun, scenic, and challenging ride. See you there!
Ride Organiser: Peter B. 0491 705 816

Upcoming Sunday Hills Rides ↑About ←Back

Sunday 11th October 2026 SHRES C
Start at 8:30am from Norton Summit Road Recreational Reserve.
34.3km, 663m climbing, 32% gravel / off road.
Ride Difficulty Score 58.83. Low side of Moderate.
A relatively easy start for the SHRES season. Out through Ashton,
towards Cleland CP and Stirling for coffee, via 5km of forest track and
the back streets of Stirling. Back via Evelyn Halliday Reserve, Gully
Rd, Uraidla and Ashton.
Click here for SARCC RWGPS event and route details
Peter B. 0491 705 816

Sunday 18th October 2026 SHRES N
Start at 8:30am from Mylor Oval.
35.6km, 568m climbing, 34% gravel / off road.
Ride Difficulty Score 52.57. Easiest ride of the series.
Another easy ride to get into the groove. A little bit
further from CBD, Out through Longwood towards
Hahndorf for Coffee via Boyle Swamp, Kangaroo Reef
and Paechtown Rds.
Permission has been granted for a small number of riders to traverse Biglands horse agistment
property. Back via Gross and Hooper Rds, including a ford crossing of Cox Creek.
Click here for SARCC RWGPS event and route details
Peter B. 0491 705 816

Sunday 25th October 2026 SHRES U
Start 8:30am from parking area on west side of Mt Barker Rd, Aldgate.
Opposite Bus stop 43.
33.7km, 620m climbing 26% gravel / off road.
Ride Difficulty Score 59.34. Moderate.
A slightly more difficult ride with 3 classified climbs. Out via Aldgate
Valley and Stockwood Rds to Longwood. Then via Nicholls Rd
(labelled as no though rd but isn’t), Scott Creek Cemetery and
Conservation Park, Dorset Vale and Cherry Gardens Rd for Coffee at
Blackwood Golf Club – Opens at 11am. Back via Coat Rd, Mark
Oliphant CP, Heathfield and Aldgate Suburbs.
Click here for SARCC RWGPS event and route details
Peter B. 0491 705 816

PREVIOUS RIDES

3rd May 2026 Deep Creek
Leave from corner of Knotts Hill & Blockers Rds at 8:30am. 41.6km, 1000m elv.,51% gravel or off-road. Sustenance at Stirling 24km and Uraidla 37Km.
Out via Knots Hill, Debneys, Lobethal, Stony Rise & Ridge Rds, 10km of gravel in Cleeland CP, Crafers to Stirling. Then Old Mount Barker, & Wright Rds, Evelyn Halliday Reserve, Mels & Spring Gully Rds, Heysen trail to Mt George Rd, Muller, Gully and Greenhill Rds to Uraidla. Return via glorious downhill of Basket Range and Hunters Rds.
Click here for SARCC RWGPS event and route info.
Peter Boult 0491 705 816

26th April 2026 Crafers 1
Leave from Epiphany Place at 8:30am.. Coffee at Blackwood Golf Club. Out via Bogaduck Trail, Scot Creek Rd, Evans Drive, Coat, Pole, Ironbark and Cheery Gardens Rds. Back via Dorset Vale Rd Scott Creek CP, Nicolls, Red Hill and Brown Rds. Walker Avenue, Evans (again) and Whitewood Drives and Upper Sturt Road.
37km, 812m elv.,49% gravel or off-road. See https://ridewithgps.com/events/439289-sunday-hills-rides-early-start
Peter Boult 0491 705 816

12th April 2026 Deep Creek 1
Start from Deep Creek at 8:30am. 39.5km, 777m Elv. Coffee at Lenswood PO. Out via Blockers Hill and Mawson Rds , Miss out single track in Fox Creek, Croft, Klopsch, Neudorf, Miller and Bonython to Lenswood. Back via Plumbers, Smith, Masons, Mawson, Deviation, Greenhill single tracks, Range and Hunters Hill Rds.
Click here for SARCC RWGPS event and route info.
Peter Boult 0491 705 816

29th March 2026 Houghton 4
8:45am start. Meet at Houghton Cemetery. 39km, 704m Elv, 45% gravel. Out via Lower Hemitage, and Airstrip Rd, for Coffee at Kersbrook. Back Via CHECKERS HILL, Heysen Trail, Gravel Rush to Dwayne, Adelaide Gully, Fidlers Hill and Blackhill Rds. See also https://ridewithgps.com/events/439286-sunday-hills-rides-early-start
Peter Boult 0491 705 816

15th March 2026 Castambul 1
Meet at Sixth Creek Picnic Spot on Corkscrew Rd. 40.2km, 957m Elv, 49% gravel. Out via CORKSCREW HILL, Marble Hill, to Ashton or Uraidla for Coffee. Back via Hunters, Blockers and Mawson Rds and Stone Hut Rd
Click here for SARCC RWGPS route and info.

8th March 2026 Norton Summit 2
Meet at Norton Summit Road Reserve. 37km 864m elevation, 41% gravel. Up Debneys Rd to Ashton, Summertown and Uraidla for Coffee. Then Gully, Cary Gully Rds, KENNETH STIRLING CP, Blockers Rd and Knots Hill
Click here for SARCC RWGPS route and info.

1st March 2026 Belair Station 2
Meet at Belair Station carpark. 42.1km, 785m Elev, 56% gravel. Out through Belair NP, Sheoak Rd, Crafers and Cleeland CP for Coffee at Mt Lofty. Back Via Sprigg Rd, Woodhouse, Heysen Trail, Aldgate, Mark Oilphant CP and Warri Parri Ridge Track.
Click here for SARCC RWGPS event and route info.

15th February 2026 Mylor 2
Meet at Mylor Oval 7:30am. Loop ride 38.5km, 693m climbing.50% gravel or off road. Out via Longwood, Porteous, Crossing, Silver Lake and Kangaroo Reef Rds to Paechtown and Totness Rec park, then on to Hahndorf (31km) for coffee via private road through Biglands horse agistment property. Back Via Gross and Hooper Rds crossing Cox Creek.
Click here for SARCC RWGPS event and route info.

8th February 2026 Houghton 2
Meet at Houghton Cemetery at 7:30am. Loop ride 42.3km, 667m climbing, 54% gravel or off road. Coffee at Kersbook Hills Wine and Cider – 29km mark, opens at 10am. Out Via Lower Hermitage, Millbrook Rd, Mt Gawler, Kersbrook Forest Rd, Sire’s Rd (paddocks), Powell and Rfile Range Rds, to Kersbrook. Back Via Bagsaw, Adealide Gully, Fidlers Hill and Blackhill Rds. See also https://ridewithgps.com/events/439282-sunday-hills-rides-early-start1st February 2026 Norton Summit 7
Meet at Norton Summit Road Recreational Reserve 7:30am. Loop ride, 37.5km, 781m climbing, 40% gravel or off road. Out via Debneys Rd, Ashton, Tregarthen, Bickles, Greenhill, Mt Lofty Summit Roads and the Warre Track for Coffee at Mounty Lofty Summit (11km). Back Via Cleland Tracks, Stirling, Evleyn Halliday Reserve, Gully Rd, Summertown, Ridge and Woods Hill Rds. See also https://ridewithgps.com/events/439281-sunday-hills-rides-early-start

18th January 2026 Ashton 1
Meet at Ashton Community Memorial Hall. Loop ride with some side tracks 39.4km, 873m climbing, 42% gravel or off road. Out via Knotts Hill Rd, Blockers Hill with a side track to Burdetts Scrub. Continuing to Uraidla via Deviation, Range and Gully Rds. Back via Piccadilly, Sprigg, Yanagin and Ridge Rds with a sidetrack up Coach Rd. This ride coincides with the Women’s TDU Stage 2. We may well meet them – either at Uraidla 11:36-11:39 am or at Ashton (QOM) 11:27-11:29am. See also https://ridewithgps.com/events/438699-sunday-hills-rides-early-start

11th January 2026 Heathfield 1
Meet at Heathfield Oval. Loop ride 37.6km, 769m climbing, 61% gravel or off road. Out via Aldgate and Mount George for Coffee at Uraidla – 13km. Back via Ridge Rd, Cleland gravel tracks, Stirling, Rossiter and Bogaduck trails.
RWGPS Event and route info – Click here

4th January 2026 Norton Summit 6
Meet at Norton Summit Road Recreational Reserve at 7:30am. Loop ride, 38.5km, 826m climbing, 40% gravel or off road. Out via Moores Rd, Marble Hill, Cherryville and Ashton for Coffee at Uraidla – 17km. Back via Gully Rd, Heysen Trail, Sprigg Rd, Wine Shanty Track and Ridge Rd. See also https://ridewithgps.com/events/438696-sunday-hills-rides-early-start

28th December 2025
Meet on Sheoak Rd outside Belair Station at 7:30am (or earlier depending on temperatures). Loop ride, 38.6km, 742m climbing, 44% gravel or off road. Coffee in Stirling – 11km. Out via Belair National Park. Return via Piccadilly Rd, Woodhouse trail, Mt George and Mark Oliphant Conservation Parks.
RWGPS Event and route info – Click here

21st December 2025
Meet at Norton Summit Road Rec Res at 8:00am. Loop ride, 898m climbing, 54% gravel or off road. Coffee in Stirling – 20km. Out via Ashton, Ridge Rd & 90% single track and gravel to Stirling. Back via Stirling back roads, Mt George (avoiding steep hill on Mt George Rd), south side Uraidla, Collins Rd, Dabney’s Rd, Monument Rd and difficult single track.
RWGPS Event and route info – Click here

14th December 2025
Meet at Houghton Cemetery at 8:30am. Off Lower NE Rd (Note start time is later than in the newsletter as weather is cool and Coffee not open until 10am at 18km)

Loop ride 38km, 670m climbing, 55% gravel or off road. Estimated saddle time 2hr 47mins. Coffee at Kersbook Hills Wine and Cider – 18km mark, opens at 10am. Leave via NE road (before its busy), then along 90% gravel up to Kersbook. Return via; a climb up (3km, average 2.3%) Kerbrook Rd, which although often busy has a wide shoulder (please wear HIGH VIZ and have a back light), Mt Gawler summit and a glorious 10km gravel section back to Murray Rd using the Pipe line track! The last 4km of bitumen are generally flat or sightly down hill.
Not suitable for heavy e-bikes.
RWGPS event and route information – Click here

30th November 2025
Meet at Norton Summit Rd Rec Res at 8:00am. Loop ride 37.9km, 880m climbing, 40% gravel or off road. Out via, Ashton, Collins Road, Sprigg Road, Warren Track to Mt Lofty for coffee. Back via Cleland CP, Crafers, Gully Rd, Range Rd, Knotts Hill and Debney’s Road and Monument Road and difficult single track.
RWGPS event and route information – Click here

23rd November 2025
Start at Bradbury at 8:30am (corner of Mt Bold and Lamont Roads). Loop Ride, 39km 830m climbing, 44% gravel or off road. Bradbury – Scott Creek Conservation Park – Clarendon for Coffee and back via Old Almanda Mine site
44% gravel. Main road into Claredon is downhill!
RWGPS event and route information – Click here

16th November 2025
Start Mylor Oval Reserve 8:30am. Loop ride 39.km, 692m climbing, 55% gravel or off-road. Mylor – Longwood, Paechtown, Totness rec park. Hahndorf for Coffee.
There are a a couple for challenging downhill sections on this route. Also some private road access with permission given. Please turn off GPS trackers while on private land.
RWGPS event and route information – Click here

2nd November 2025
Start Norton Summit Reserve 8:30am.
Loop ride 38km 770m climbing. 40% gravel or off road
Out via Moores Rd, Marble Hill, and Ashton for Coffee at Uraidla. Back via Gully Rd, Heysen Trail, Sprigg Rd, Cleland mountain bike tracks and Ridge Rd
RWGPS event and route information – Click here

19th October 2025
Start Heathfield Oval 8:30am
Loop ride 40km, 830m climbing, 57% gravel or off road
Out via Mount George, Coffee at Ashton. Back via Cleland mountain bike tracks and Woorbinda Bushland Reserve
RWGPS event and route information – Click here