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Witch Loop

See openstreetmap.org or Strava for trail names.
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​Critical points are marked on the map and explained with photos below.
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Image by courtesy of Tamara Bucher
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General rules for the Glenrock 10km Witch Loop:
  • If you are on a mountain-bike track, don’t leave it and don’t take any paths with an ‘X’
  • Most turns are right turns. Except a few :)
  • Don’t take the ‘easy way out’ after 7.3 km on the Yuelarbah Trail, but take it after 9.1 km (there is a sign) Also see map above.
  • If you’ve never run the course and intend to race it, do a practice lap

0.0 km
  • ​Start behind the gate on ‘Gun Club Road’, halfway to the noticeboard (See picture)
  • Turn left onto ‘Kennys’
  • Follow ‘Kennys’ all the way for 1.7 km
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1.7 km
  • Cross ‘Baileys Trail’ onto ‘High Roller’ (See picture)
  • ​Cross ‘East Powerline Trail’ onto ‘Dr Suess’, a.k.a. ‘Suess Land’
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2.2 km
  • ​Follow ‘Dr Suess’
  • Keep right at the junction at 2.2 km (See picture)
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2.4 km
  • ​Keep following ‘Dr Suess’
  • Keep right at the junction at 2.4 km (See picture)
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2.7 km
  • Veer left towards a descent down to Scenic Drive
  • Choose either way at the junction (See picture)
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2.8 km
  • Both paths lead into a short technical descent onto a trail right next to Scenic Drive (See picture)
  • Be careful running down this section
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2.9 km
  • Turn right onto the sealed road, going around the gate if necessary
  • After 100m enter ‘Shaft’ on your left (See picture)
  • Follow ‘Shaft’ until emerging onto a powerline trail
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3.6 km
  • ​Turn right on the powerline trail
  • Re-enter ‘Shaft’ on your right after 50m (See picture)
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4.0 km
  • Follow ‘Shaft’ and turn right at the fence of the wastewater treatment plant (See picture)
  • Continue straight across the sealed road along the fence before turning left onto ‘East Powerline Trail’ at the junction
  • Follow the trail to merge onto ‘Bailey’s Trail’
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5.4 km
  • ​Follow ‘Bailey’s Trail’
  • Turning right onto ‘Hang Ten’ at 5.6 km (See picture)
  • Turn right when you reach “the” picnic table
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7.3 km
  • Continue on ‘Yuelarbah Trail’ 
  • Stay left at the junction at 7.5 km (See picture)
  • Follow ‘Yuelarbah Trail’ all the way (1.8 km) to ‘Little Flaggy Creek’
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7.5 km
  • Cross the creek
  • Turn right onto ‘Fernleigh Link Trail’ (See picture)
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7.8 km
  • Ascend this trail over seven bumps
  • Keep right at the junction ​at 8 km (See picture)
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8.2 km
  • Descend over seven bumps
  • At the intersection, turn right to stay on ‘Fernleigh Link Trail’. (See picture)
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8.5 km
  • ​​Cross the creek two times before continuing on ‘Fernleigh Trail’
  • ​At the intersection at 8.7 km take the rightmost of three options (See picture)
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8.8 km
  • Keep right at the power pole to turn onto ‘Big Dipper’. (See picture)
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9.1 km
  • After 300m turn hard left onto ‘Easy Way Out’ (See picture)
  • Follow ‘Easy Way Out’ to emerge onto ‘Gun Club Road’
  • Turn left and follow ‘Gun Club Road’
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9.8 km
  • Finish at the start, halfway between the noticeboard and the gate
  • You have completed the Witch Loop!
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(Route directions ​by courtesy of Stephan Tornier)
Glenrock Witch
Image by courtesy of Tamara Bucher
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