Gravel Road Grading

Gravel routes and rides here are graded based on the most technical part of the road surface you’ll encounter so you know what to expect. Adventure cycling routes can be on fast paced easy gravel/dirt that is compact all the way through to hard rocky single track.

A dirt country road winding through trees and bushes under a cloudy sky.

Smooth compacted dirt/gravel

Suitable for any bike. There may be some small ruts or loose patches of gravel. These are well maintained roads.

A person riding a bicycle on a rocky forest trail surrounded by trees and bushes.

Loose and uneven gravel and smooth single track

Best suited to larger tire widths many national park fire trails will fit in this category. Some washouts and annoying corrugations.

A person wearing a helmet and blue shirt riding a mountain bike down a rocky trail surrounded by trees.

Expect anything, large rocks, big wash outs and technical objects

Washed out fire roads with big holes, loose sand, single track and rock gardens that many may think is for MTB only.