SATURDAY 10 MARCH 2012

Reserve Day Sunday 11 March 2012

Start and Finish

  • Start: Butlers Green, Arrowtown
  • 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 @ 5pm
  • Entry Transfers/Changes Close: Wed 15 Feb 2011 @ 5pm
  • Pre-Race Registration: Fri 9 March 2012 5.30-8pm @ Butlers Green, Arrowtown

Entry Fee

  • Adult: $95

Race Day Timing

  • Registration: 7.30-8.30am
  • Briefing: 8.50am 
  • Race Start: 9am
  • Prize Giving: 2-3pm

Race Stats

  • Course Record Male: Alan Funnell - 1:21:42
  • Course Record Female: Louisa Andrew - 1:30:46
  • Oldest Competitor: Max McDermid - 82
  • Average Competitor Age: 42
  • Average Walk time: 3:31:39
  • Average Run time: 2:43:08

For further stats, click here

MINERS TRAIL COURSE ROUTE & MAPS

Course Maps

To view a map of all four Motatapu courses, including the Miners Trail course, click here.

Course Profile

To view the Miners Run Course profile, click here. 

Course Description

The run starts at Butlers Green, Arrowtown and follows down the true right of the Arrow River, crossing at the footbridge onto Tobins Track. No passing or running is permitted on the "neutral" footbridge zone.

There is a steady climb of around two kilometers up Tobins Track to reach the Crown Terrace. From this point the course flattens to briefly follow an unsealed road before entering the private property of Glencoe Station.

A farm track contouring the base of Mount Beetham is followed before climbing again up onto the historic miners water-race and single-track that inspired the Miners Trail race name. The trail sidles high above the spectacular New Chum Creek gorge and emerges at Brackens Saddle and the course Aid Station and the half-way point of the course.

The course reaches a high point above Brackens Gully some 1047m above the race start. From this point, extensive views are revealed, up to the Crown Range. A marked route follows this contour through tussock and snowgrass for approximately two kilometers, north-west toward the Arrow River and revealing new views over the Wakatipu basin to the Remarkables.

Once a farm road is met, a steep descent to the river and the Macetown track follows and competitors join the mountain bike and marathon fields on the homeward leg to the Arrowtown finish-line.  Keep left on this section and expect to see other vehicles, including 4-wheel drives, trail bikes, and mountain bikes, both associated and not associated with the event. There is no road closure.

There are also multiple river and stream crossings over this last section. Depending on recent rainfall, stream levels can vary, sometimes reaching waist deep in places, but often if you look carefully there will be a shallower route across!

As you approach the finish you will be directed by a marshal into the runners finishing chute on the LEFT. The bikers have a separate chute alongside on the right. Ensure you cross the timing mats so that your time can be recorded. Remember to hand over your transponder before leaving the finish area.