Craters Trail Run/Walk - 6km Course Info

The 6km Craters Trail Run/Walk is a fun but challenging course. For your journey, you will be venturing through pine forest both standing and harvested, all on single-trial bliss.

Starting from The Hub, you will head through the tunnel under Wairakei Drive into the Craters Mountain Bike Park onto Tourist Trap, making your way to the Craters carpark. Beagle boys is your next major trail you’ll get to navigate before you hit your aid station at Manager’s Corner.

You will then make your way along Log Out, you’re on the home straight to the finish via Zip.

START INFORMATION

10.00am – safety briefing at the start line - please be there

10.15am – start

COURSE MARKINGS

For the majority of the course, the tracks to follow are well established and obvious. However, when you need to turn off those tracks, you must follow all course signs and directions.  Please follow the directions of marshals on course too. 

The course is marked with blue arrows showing the direction to run/walk and blue ribbons hanging from trees along your route. You will come across Course Split Ahead signs, followed by your distance (6km) with an arrow indicating which way you are to go. Make sure you follow the correct one! You will also see pieces of ribbon on the ground crossing a track/trail, do not cross these.

AID STATIONS

The aid station on course will provide water, R-Line, bananas, chips, and lollies.

The 6km course has one aid station at 3.7km.

FIRST AID

The course will have roving marshals and first aid. If you come across an injured person check they are ok, send someone forward to the next marshal for help. All marshals are in radio/phone contact with the Course Manager and medics from PEAK Safety. Anyone unable to finish the course will be transported back to the finish by Total Sport course crew.

First Aid is also provided by Peak Safety at the finish line.

FINISHLINE

Cut off time for the Craters Trail Run/Walk is 2.00pm

We will have a drinks station here. Each participant can grab themselves a free cold Speight’s (over 18s!) or a non alcoholic beverage (thanks to Clean Collective) after you finish, head to the Festival Bar to grab one of these.