SATURDAY 10 MARCH 2012

Reserve Day Sunday 11 March 2012

Start and Finish

  • Start: Fern Burn, near Wanaka
  • End: Butlers Green, Arrowtown

Key Dates

  • Race Day: Sat 10 March 2012
  • Reserve Day: Sun 11 March 2012
  • Entries Open: 1 July 2011 @ 9am
  • Entries Closed: 15 Feb 2012 @5pm
  • Entry Transfers/Changes Close: 15 Feb 2012 @5pm
  • Rego: Fri 9 March 2012 from 5.30pm at Wanaka - click here for more details

Race Day Timing

  • Registration: 5am-5:45am Fern Burn carpark
  • Shuttle Times: 5am-5:30am from Glendhu Bay Motor Camp to Fern Burn
  • Race Briefing: 5.45am
  • Race Start: 6am
  • Sunrise: 8am
  • Highland Hut Cut Off: 11am
  • Rose's Hut Cut Off: 3pm
  • Macetown Cut Off: 6pm
  • Prize Giving: 5 - 6pm
  • Sunset & Finish: 8pm

Race Records

  • Open Male Team:7:25:06
  • Open Mixed Team: 7:48:03
  • Open Female Team: 8:56:43

For further details, click here

 

BAD WEATHER & EXIT ROUTES

Competitors must carry a copy of this page with them on course. If the weather is suitable for the race to go ahead but later closes in making the route impassable, teams will be required to follow a pre‐set evacuation plan as follows. If any changes are required to these evacuation plans, you will be given an updated version on race day.

Between Fernburn Car Park (Start) and Jack Hall’s Saddle (High Point 1)

Return to Fernburn Hut or, if the weather allows it, Fernburn Car Park. Please be sure to advise someone from the Iconic Team back at Glendhu Bay.

Between Jack Hall’s Saddle and High Point 2 (above Check Point A)

Make your way to Checkpoint A (Highland Creek Hut) and await further instructions from checkpoint crew. You should not try to make your way to Motatapu Station.

High Point 2 and High Point 3 (above Beech Forest Creek)

After crossing the Beech Forest Creek, make your way down the fence line on the NNW spur to the Motatapu Station farm road. For immediate shelter make your way to the hut near Glencoe Bush (~1km south of where the spur meets the farm road). You should ideally make your way to Rose’s Saddle Hut (~4km south of where the spur meets the farm track) and await further instructions from checkpoint crew.

High Point 3 and Rose’s Saddle (High Pt 4)

Make your way to Checkpoint B (Rose’s Saddle Hut) to await further instructions from the checkpoint crew.

Rose’s Saddle and Macetown (Check Point C)

Make your way to Macetown, being sure to take the safest possible route according to water levels:

  • Low/Normal River Route: If the Arrow River is low make your way down the river bed to Check Point C (Macetown) and await further instructions from checkpoint crew.
  • High/Flood River Route: If the Arrow River is in flood, you should use the poled flood route/water race high on Arrow River left to get to Macetown. If possible, Checkpoint C will set up a safe river crossing using ropes and 4WDs. Adhere to crew instructions at all times.

Macetown and Arrowtown (Finish Line)

Make your way to Arrowtown, being sure to take the safest possible route according to water levels:

  • Low/Normal River Route: If the Arrow River is low, follow the 15km unsealed 4WD road to Arrowtown.
  • High/Flood River Route: If the river is high, after crossing the Arrow River you should take the alternative exit route via Big Hill.