The route
Next edition27-28 November 2026
A route through Kosciuszko National Park, up to Australia's highest summit, no named finish: 159 km, 4,795 m of climbing.
Drawn with a pen, line by line
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Indicative figures computed by Plotrek on its illustrative route, with altitudes from a terrain model. They may differ from the organiser's.
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Banjo Patterson Park, in Jindabyne, is the starting point, crossed at 3 am, for a line that never leaves Kosciuszko National Park.
The route passes the Gaden Trout Hatchery, then Bullocks Flat, before climbing to Charlotte Pass and reaching the summit of Mount Kosciuszko, Australia's highest.
It then drops back through Charlotte Pass a second time, passes the Guthega Power Station and crosses Bullocks Flat again, on high alpine trails and former ski areas.
It crosses the Ngarigo Campground, then Village Green, before the finish in the Snowy Mountains. 36 hours: that's the cutoff.
Paths and places: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Altitudes measured on the route.
03 · Your poster
The relief of the course, from Jindabyne to Thredbo, takes shape as contour lines: our pen plotter draws it with a pen, line by line. Your finisher name and time go in the title block, in A4, A3 or A2.
Shipped from our workshop in Le Bouscat
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Updated Route and text: Plotrek workshop (Fabrice Jolivet)
The organiser announces 161 km and 5,131 m of elevation gain for the 2026 edition. Plotrek's illustrative route, redrawn on OpenStreetMap paths, measures 159 km and 4,795 m of gain. Start: Banjo Patterson Park, Jindabyne; finish: Arrivée; on the way, Mount Kosciuszko at km 65.7.
36 hours for the 2026 edition, according to the organiser's website, read on 17 September 2026. That is the time allowed to cover the announced 161 km. Start: Banjo Patterson Park, Jindabyne, at 3 am. The time limit can change from one edition to the next; the organiser's rules prevail.
Mount Kosciuszko, at 2,220 m, at km 65.7 of Plotrek's route. The organiser gives a maximum altitude of 2,222 m for the 2026 edition. The high point lies between two landmarks of the course: Charlotte Pass (1,818 m, km 56.1) and Guthega Power Station (1,332 m, km 96).
897 m of elevation gain in one go, from km 12.2 to km 41 of Plotrek's route. It starts at Gaden Trout Hatchery (930 m). Landmark on the way: Bullocks Hut (1,123 m, km 31.7). No other climb on the 159 km course is as long.
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