27 kmTrail🇳🇿 Te Anau, New Zealand

Luxmore Grunt

Saturday, 5 December 2026In 55 days · Start 07:00

The Kepler Challenge's short sibling: from the Control Gates at Lake Te Anau up through beech forest to Luxmore Hut and straight back down.

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

Elevation gain

900 m

Very hilly · ↓ 900 m

Start altitude

234 m

above sea level, from terrain data

Temp at start

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No data

Entry fee

≈ $160

Open entry

Finishers

—

typical year

Course

Out and back

Cut-off: check site

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

Course map

A detailed route is not available for this race yet. The marker shows the race location.

Elevation profile

Very hilly: about 900 m of climbing and 900 m of descent. A detailed profile isn’t available for this race yet.

Race-day weather

No weather data yet.

Course records

Men: 1:48:49 · Daniel Balchin (2022)
Women: 2:04:18 · Shireen Crumpton (1998)

As of the 2025 season.

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