60 kmTrail🇳🇿 Te Anau, New Zealand

Kepler Challenge

Saturday, 5 December 2026In 55 days · Start 06:00

A loop of the Kepler Great Walk in Fiordland: up to Luxmore Hut, along exposed alpine tops above the South Fiord, down to the Iris Burn and back via Lake Manapouri and the Waiau River.

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Facts checked 10 Oct 2026 against keplerchallenge.co.nz, keplerchallenge.co.nz, en.wikipedia.org.

Elevation gain

1,350 m

Mountain · ↓ 1,350 m

Start altitude

234 m

above sea level, from terrain data

Temp at start

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Entry fee

≈ $230

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Finishers

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typical year

Course

Loop

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Getting thereFly into ZQN (Queenstown), about 93 km from the start

Course map

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Elevation profile

Mountain: about 1,350 m of climbing and 1,350 m of descent. A detailed profile isn’t available for this race yet.

Race-day weather

No weather data yet.

Course records

Men: 4:33:37 · Martin Dent (2013)
Women: 5:23:34 · Zelah Morrall (2003)

As of the 2025 season.

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