"Golden Trout Hotel" Stage 2 - details
Road races starting and finishing in Thornton. Distances: JG/B 13 - 14km, out-and-back course JW15 - 25km, out-and-back course JM15, JW17 - 46km, "Skyline" loop JM17, JW19 - 71km, "Pondage" loop followed by "Skyline" loop JM19 - 116km, 2x"Pondage" loops followed by 2x"Skyline" loops
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JM19 - Course map and profile (JM19 Road Race 1)
- A classic Eildon Tour course, starting in Thornton, doing an anti-clockwise loop of the Pondage, through Eildon again and up the Skyline Road. Two loops of Skyline - UT Creek Rd - Goulburn Valley Hwy awaits the riders, prior to a finish in Thornton, opposite the Thornton Hall and football ground.
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JM17, JW19 - Course map & profile (JM17,JW19 Road Race 1)
- A classic Eildon Tour course, starting and finishing in Thornton. The course starts with two anti-clockwise loops of the Pondage, and heads up the Skyline Rd climb, on to a long descent along UT Creek Rd, left into the Goulburn Valley Hwy, then to the finish line.
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JM15, JW17 Course Maps & profiles (JM15/JW17 Road Race 1)
- The Classic Eildon Tour course, incorporating the rolling approach to Eildon on the "front road" (Goulburn Valley Hwy), through the township, and over the Skyline loop. It's a fast run home from there, right into Thornton-Taggerty Rd for a finish opposite the Thornton Hall.
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JG13, JB13 Course maps & profile (J13 Road Race 1)
- Starting in Thornton, opposite the Thornton Hall and football ground, the boys and girls under 13 years head out towards Taggerty, over the Rubicon River, and the rolling hills of the valley. The turn-around is about 7km from Thornton, and there's a mainly down-hill run home.

