22 km
The 22 km course starts 9:00 am at Mannus Campsite. Runners will take a free shuttle from Henry Angel Trackhead to the start at Mannus Campsite. Runners enjoy a few flat and fast km along Mannus Lake before they turn to follow single fire trails up and over Mount Garland, where an aid station offers refreshments and a toilet. Then, the track descends through the forest before crossing Tumbarumba creek on a spring bridge and climbing gently along the banks of Burra creek to the finish at Henry Angel Trackhead. Along the way you’ll have views of the surrounding bushland, creeks, and idyllic farm life.
50 km
The 50 km event starts at 6:30am at Henry Angel Trackhead. The 50km runs north, a short way along the banks of Burra Creek towards Junction campsite. Hovell recorded in his journal an extensive swamp littered with wombat holes, a landscape altered by gold diggers and pastoralists. Today, technical single track guides back through Henry Angel before going up over Mount Garland towards Mannus Lake. Runners turn around and make their way back to the finish at Henry Angel Trackhead. The course follows a mixture of single track and fire trails.
100 km
The 100km course starts at 6:00 am at the Henry Angel Trackhead. Runners head towards Mannus Lake campsite first, following single track along Burra Creek and up to Mt. Garland road, where an aid station awaits. The course descends to Mannus Lake, following winding single tracks through the bush, and runners turn around at a marked point and get some refreshments at Mannus Lake before heading back over Mt. Garland again. After passing through Henry Angel, they head north on a long climb up to Paddy’s Dam. The track is a mixture of constructed walking track, 90% single trail and the rest on fire trails. An aid station and crew access await at Paddy’s Dam, before a short out-and-back and then the long downhill leg back to the finish line at Henry Angel. The highest point is over 1200 metres in elevation. The route passes old gold mining relics, a hand dug tunnel, Mannus lake, Paddy’s River Dam, The Pines and lots of wildlife.
NEW: 100km relay
The 100km relay event takes all the beauty of the 100km course and divides it between 2-4 runners. Changeover points are Mannus Lake, Henry Angel and Paddys Dam, resulting in two 20km-ish legs with a mix of climbing and descending, one 30km leg that’s almost entirely uphill and a downhill 30km leg to finish. Grab your friends, decide your strengths and sign up!