Routeburn 2009

In 09 the Routeburn Classic will be on Saturday 9th of May
Entries for the event will open January Monday 12th at 7am in 2009
Entries are taken online at goodtimesevents.net

RESULTS 09 Routeburn Classic

Click here for the results.

Photos from the day!

Hey Athletes! Click here to see all the photos from the day.

Click here to view the Classic 09 Runners List

Routeburn Map

Routeburn Classic EVENT INFORMATION

Owing to the environmental and safety considerations, the field is limited to 225 competitors. Good Times Events reserves the right of acceptance, places will be allocated from eligible entries in the order received. If requested on the entry, unsuccessful entrants will be placed on a waiting list - also in the order received. Unsuccessful entries will be refunded.

Routeburn Classic GENERAL INFORMATION

• Registraion for the event is in Te Anau at Outside Sports on Main Street between 11am and 730pm on Friday 8th . registration closes just before the breifing begins at the Luxmore Distinction Hotel in the lobby at 730pm. Compulsory Gear check will be held at Outside Sports Te Anau.
• Start time 8.00am on 9th May 2009. The race director reserves the right to postpone the event to 10th 2009 if the weather conditions warrant this decision. Te Anau Luxmore Distinction receoption on 03 249 7526 on the morning of the 9th for event updates.
• Gear that you want at the finish line is to be dropped off at Outside Sports on Shotover Street when you pick up your registration packs. Your end of race gear should include warm clothes, food, towel, change of shoes, jacket dry hat, gloves, money for massages and food. Gear bags must be clearly labeled with your name phone number and address. Gear will be at the finish line as you leave it. (In the same box or bag).
• There will be one race briefing. It is compulsory to be at this race briefing. Those not attending race briefing will forfeit their place in the event. The Briefing is at 7.30pm in Te Anau at the Luxmore Distinction Hotel on the Friday the 8th.
• The prize giving will be at The Skyline Restaurant in Queenstown. You must be present to pick up your certificate of completion and your event medal symbols and memento's of your involvement in this exclusive event. There will be photographers on the track and photos will be available for sale after the event at the prize giving.
• Southland athletes will be checked in Te Anau at briefing. There will be random gear checks at Mackenzie Hut on the track.
• Gear given to us at the start of the Classic at ‘The Divide’ to transport over WILL NOT BE at the finish line when you get there. This gear will be driven over on the day and will be available for pickup at the Prize Giving Dinner on Saturday Night at Skyline restaurant in Queenstown.
  
• Compulsory gear Please double check your compulsory gear list. • 1x poly pro bottom • 2x poly pro top (one can be short sleeved) • Hat & gloves, • Seam proofed wind/waterproof jacket • Survival blanket • whistle

Routeburn Classic BUS TRANSPORT

Bus from Queenstown to Te Anau on Friday 8th May leaving from the Queenstown Station Building corner of Shotover and Camp Street at 4pm
Cost NZ$35

Bus from Te Anau to Divide on 9th May leaving Luxmore Distinction Hotel at 6.00am
Cost NZ$35  

Bus from Glenorchy Shelter on 9th May to Queenstown for prize giving goes back and forth through the day as the bus fills
Cost NZ$35

Routeburn Classic PRIZE GIVING DINNER 

The Price Giving Dinner is a special event in itself. The venue for the function is Skyline Restaurant at 7pm on Saturday 9th after the event. We will indulge in a delicious buffet dinner and a few happy beverages only enhanced by the fact they have been earned and the unrivaled views from Skyline above Queenstown. You and your comrades will share tales of glory from on the Routeburn Classic. This will be the cherry on top so to speak of an unforgettable adventure.

You must be present to pick up your certificate of completion and your event medal, symbols and memento's of your involvement in this exclusive event.
There will be photographers from Magic Memories on the track and photos will be available for sale after the event.
The Prize Giving Dinner at Skyline. Bookings for the Price Giving Dinner are taken when you enter. Dinner is $55 This includes salad bar & cheeses, Soup and rolls. Japanese rice and pickles. A great selection of hot and cold seafood, a hot buffet meal including two types of roast meats. If you still feel the need to consume there is a delicious desert buffet. You and your support crew will receive a complimentary gondola ride to this special event! (Normally $20.00). Dinner sample menu

Routeburn Classic ACCOMODATION

IMPORANT: When booking accommodation mention that you are a part of the Routeburn Classic event to receive special rates at the Sponsor Hotels below. It is highly recommended that you book for dinner (held at the conclusion of the compulsory briefing on the 8th) and breakfast the following day prior to the bus departing the Luxmore Hotel. You are going to need that fuel to burn three hours later. There will not be any where else open for breakfast at that time of the morning in Te Anau. All prices quoted below include GST.

Luxmore Distinction Hotel - Te Anau
Phone 03 249 7526 (Remember to say you are part of the Routeburn Classic)
or reservations@luxmorehotel.co.nz (www.luxmorehotel.co.nz)

1. $125.00 per room per night twin share
2. Extra person $28 per room (both get double beds)
3. Dinner Buffet @ $40.00 (at conclusion of compulsory Briefing)
4. Buffet Breakfast at @$19.50 (From 5am. Keep in mind bus departs for the Divide at 6.00am)
   (Bookings for both breakfast and dinner are essential)
   

Heritage Hotel - Queenstown
Phone: 03 442 4547 (Remember to say you are part of the Routeburn Classic)
michaelam@heritagehotels.co.nz

1. $157.50 Twin Share room per night
2. Breakfast Special for athletes and supporters $15.
   (Must be booked with accommodation to receive this deal)
   

Routeburn Classic RESULTS

2006 results (PDF)
2007 results (PDF)
2008 results (PDF)

Routeburn Classic PHOTOS

Magic Memories photographers will be on the course and at the finish line capturing your form in this spectacular setting. Go to their website to check out last years pictures.

Terms and Conditions

Routeburn Classic PRIZES

Mens and womans place getters in each of our prize categories, receive prizes from Outside Sports. Heaps of Spot Prizes. Every entrant receives a medal and official certificate of completion.

Routeburn Classic Course Description

Divide to Lake Mackenzie - 12km
The start is 500m before the Divide, this has the effect of spreading the field before you reach the single track of the Divide. From here you climb a well-graded track to the turn off to Howden Hut. You then descend to Lake Howden Hut for a chance to replenish your water supplies, before gradually climbing through lush silver beech forest to the base of Earland Falls. You will look over the Hollyford Valley to the ice capped Darran Mountains before descending to the lodge at Lake Mackenzie where another drink station is positioned and compulsory gear check is carried out. YOU MUST REACH Mackenzie Hut (12km mostly up hill) BEFORE THE 10.30PM CUT OFF TIME. (2 and a half hours from the start) Those that do not meet this cut of time will return to the start either with the marshals or in their own time. The marshalls will assist with rides back to Queenstown.

Lake MacKenzie to Routeburn Falls - 11km
You leave the ancient forest draped in moss and lichen, and enter the alpine world of daisies, buttercups, gentians and edelweiss. Here you have a full vista of the Darran Mountains across the Hollyford Valley, which slices through Fiordland to the distant Tasman Sea at Martins Bay. At the Harris Saddle (1277m), After running around Lake Harris you come into more intimate terms with the mountains towering above the upper basins of the Routeburn River as you descend to the Routeburn Falls hut.

Routeburn Falls to Routeburn Shelter and finish line - 9km
Enjoy the dramatic landscape around the Falls, before descending to the alpine pastures of the Routeburn Flats. The track shadows the river as it roars through a magnificent gorge before plunging beneath the unyielding rocks at the Sump. From here it is a gentle run through columns of red beech trees to a large swing bridge. It is then just 200meters to the Routeburn Shelter at the road end where the finish line is.