Event Name: Trans NZ EnduroWhen: 24/02/2024 - 02/03/2024Where: Queenstown, OtagoCategory: Mountain BikeThis is NOT an XC race ;) This will be a 6 day enduro event, where climbs are untimed and descents are timed. Expect a range of 4-6hrs on your bike per day with several timed sections throughout each day. Times will be added together over the span of the 6 days to get your overall result at the end of the event. LOCATION: South Island of NZ. This spectacular scenic 6 day event will start in Christchurch and finish in famous Queenstown picking some of the best riding on the South Island. SKILL LEVEL / EXPERIENCE: Riders are required to have a strong mountain biking background with enough endurance and fitness to get you through 6 back to back days of 3-6hrs of riding each day. You are required to have solid technical single track skills. The trails and courses will be a vast variety throughout the 6 days - some faster, smoother flowier days, some technical steeper rootier days, some open terrain rock slab trail riding and everything in between. Some stats: Most trails are from harder blue's to black trailsExpect to climb 900m-1500m each dayExpect to ride 20-30km's each dayExpect 4-6 stages per day that range from 3mins in length to 15mins in length each ACCOMMODATION: Here is the good news.....you WON'T have to camp in a tent! Yes that's right, during this 6 day event you will be put up in backpacker style accommodation, with a nice clean, warm, dry bed to come back to at the end of each hard day of riding. We will provide 7 nights of accommodation - the night before the race starts and then every day of the event. FOOD: Cooked breakfast and full dinners will be provided everyday along with on-course snacks and sandwiches for lunches each day. Go to Event Page.
