Multi-Lap Mountain Bike Course Info
The Multi-Lap Mountain Bike will head into the trails for a 7km loop coming back to the finish line after each lap.
You will begin your ride from The Hub heading through the tunnel under Wairakei Drive into the Craters Mountain Bike Park making your way to the Craters carpark via Express Delivery. Through the carpark onto Scraggs where you’ll get to choose to navigate the man-made features or avoid the obstacles all together, you even get a choice near the end of Scraggs - there are four different options; do you take the shortest but hardest route, the longer but easier route, or the ones in between?
The next trail you’ll hit it is a park favourite SH Fun, with some nice flowy sections, any rider is sure to enjoy. Then onto Zip that will take you back to where you started. When you arrive back to the festival site, you either continue back onto the trails to do the loop again or enter the relay zone and tag your team mate.
START INFORMATION
3.45pm – safety briefing at the start line - please be there
4.00pm – 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 also see pieces of ribbon on the ground crossing a track/trail, do not cross these.
FINISHLINE
Cut off time for the Multi-Lap Mountain Bike is 4 hours, 8.00pm. You may head out for a final lap if you leave the turn point at the relay zone BEFORE the 8.00pm cut off. If more than one team/person are tied on the laps the winner will be the team/person who runs the final lap the fastest!
When you have finished your final lap, you get to bike up through the finish line to collect your medal/s. 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.
LIGHTS
We highly recommend you bring a headlight or torch, it will get dark while you are out there and trails by nature are not a smooth surface!
AID STATIONS
There will be an aid station at the relay team change over point containing water, R-Line, bananas, chips, and lollies
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.
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