Re-trace the steps of miners during the Gold Rush of the late 1800s at the Shotover Moonlight Mountain Marathon. This exceptionally challenging event at the family-run Ben Lomond Station near Queenstown, New Zealand, traverses the gold mining pack tracks miners used to access the goldfields of the Moonlight and Shotover valleys. Steeped in rich gold mining history, this event in the rugged high country will take your breath away.
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Shotover, organisers are introducing the Shotover Moonlight Ultra – featuring more than 3,500m of vert across 56km of stunning high-country landscapes. This ultramarathon has everything: 16km of spectacular ridgelines, 10km of historic water races, expansive tussock country, beech forests, abandoned gold mining relics, waterfalls, a scree run, ladder and even a tunnel.
There’s also the…