SATURDAY 12 MARCH 2011
Cost per adult: $160

Start and Finish

  • Start: Fern Burn, near Wanaka
  • End: Butler's Green, Arrowtown

Key Dates

  • Race Day: Sat 12 March 2011
  • Reserve Day: Sun 13 March 2011
  • Entries Open: 1 July 2010 @ 8am
  • Late Fees Apply: Thu 13 Jan '11 
  • Entry Transfers/Changes Close: Wed 16 Feb 2011 @ 5pm

Race Day Timing

  • Registration: Details TBC
  • Shuttle Times: Details TBC
  • Race Briefing: 5.45am
  • Race Start: 6.00am
  • Sunrise: 8.00am
  • Highland Hut Cut Off: 11.00am
  • Rose's Hut Cut Off: 3.00pm
  • Macetown Cut Off: 6.00pm
  • Prize Giving: 5 - 6pm TBC
  • Sunset & Finish: 8.00pm

Race Records

  • Open Male Team:7:25:06
  • Open Mixed Team: 8:30:33
  • Open Female Team: 10:24:19
  • For further details, click here

MOTATAPU 49KM TEAM ADVENTURE RUN

WITH R&R SPORT

Experienced mountain runners need only apply!

As an Adventure Run competitor you will ascend a total of 2790 metres, traversing four peaks, (the highest point being Jack Halls Saddle at 1275 metres above sea level), negotiating rough tussock covered areas, long steep sidles and river crossings. In order to be accepted into this event both you and your team mate have to have proven mountain running experience - this is not for the novice adventure racer. It’s going to be an accomplishment you’ll remember and be very proud of for a long time to come.

This iconic route starts at Wanaka, Fern Burn and traverses through the Motatapu and Soho Stations, then into historic Macetown through to Butlers Green, Arrowtown. Described in places as merely a “marked route” the track covers 49km of exposed and physically challenging backcountry terrain crossing the Motatapu and Soho Stations. The Motatapu Adventure Run follows the DOC Motatapu Track, which forms part of the Te Araroa walking trail from Cape Reinga to Bluff. ‘Te Araroa (The Long Pathway) connects settlements, townships and cities throughout New Zealand, showcasing a wide variety of NZ experiences – natural, cultural and historic’. The DOC Motatapu Track follows an old travellers’ route between Wanaka and Arrowtown, an area steeped in New Zealand history.