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Route

Teams start Chapter 11 One NZ GODZONE in Te Anau, gateway to Fiordland and finish on the south coast, at the beach town of Riverton. The PURE course is a substantial 570km, with teams navigating, packrafting, trekking, mountain biking and kayaking across the spectacular scenery of the South Island in a broadly southerly direction. The PURSUIT course broadly mirrors the PURE route. There are some small amendments to stages and checkpoint locations which, reduces the overall length of the PURSUIT course to 558km.

Stats

Discipline Route Color Distance
Mountain Bike 252km
Kayak 85km
Trek 152km
Pack Raft 89km
Canoe 0km
Total 578km
Discipline Route Color Distance
Mountain Bike 290km
Kayak 85km
Trek 136km
Pack Raft 0km
Canoe 47km
Total 558km

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Stages

Stage 1
Stage 1 “Lake2Lake”
Start Te Anau
Finish Frazers Beach
Distance 27km 40km
Ascent +70m +110m
Descent -110m -180m
Fast Time 1hr 1hr
Slow Time 2hr 2hr
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Stage 2
Stage 2 “Waiau River”
Start Frazers Beach
Finish Borland Burn
Distance 39km 27km
Ascent +0m +0m
Descent -50m -50m
Fast Time 4hr 4hr
Slow Time 5hr 5hr
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Stage 3
Stage 3 “Titiroa”
Start Borland Burn
Finish Hope Arm
Distance 32km 32km
Ascent +2450m +2450m
Descent -2400m -2400m
Fast Time 16hr 20hr
Slow Time 32hr 34hr
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Stage 4
Stage 4 “Lake Manapouri”
Start Hope Arm
Finish South Arm Lake Manapouri
Distance 27km 20km
Ascent +20m +20m
Descent -20m -20m
Fast Time 4hr 3hr
Slow Time 6hr 5hr
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Stage 5
Stage 5 “Borland”
Start South Arm Lake Manapouri
Finish Borland Saddle
Distance 24km 49km
Ascent +950m +1050m
Descent -100m -1000m
Fast Time 2hr 3hr
Slow Time 3hr 4hr
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Stage 6
Stage 6 “Green Dean”
Start Borland Saddle
Finish Thicket Burn
Distance 73km 39km
Ascent +2600m +2400m
Descent -3450m -2400m
Fast Time 26hr 22hr
Slow Time 46hr 40hr
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Stage 7
Stage 7 Rowallan Wairaki”
Start Thicket Burn
Finish Wairaki Station
Distance 120km 120km
Ascent +1200m +1200m
Descent -1160m -1160m
Fast Time 7hr 8hr
Slow Time 11hr 12hr
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Stage 8
Stage 8 “Takitimu Traverse”
Start Wairaki Station
Finish Pleasant Valley
Distance 55km 50km
Ascent +2700m +2300m
Descent -2470m -2070m
Fast Time 26hr 22hr
Slow Time 38hr 34hr
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Stage 9
Stage 9 “Taringatura”
Start Pleasant Valley
Finish Dipton Flat
Distance 60km 60km
Ascent +690m +690m
Descent -900m -900m
Fast Time 5hr 6hr
Slow Time 8hr 9hr
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Stage 10
Stage 10 “Oreti River”
Start Dipton Flat
Finish Whalers Bay
Distance 85km 85km
Ascent +0m +0m
Descent -140m -140m
Fast Time 7hr 7hr
Slow Time 12hr 12hr
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Stage 11
Stage 11 “Oreti Beach”
Start Whalers Bay
Finish Long White Lagoon
Distance 21km 21km
Ascent +20m +20m
Descent -20m -20m
Fast Time 1hr 1hr
Slow Time 3hr 3hr
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Stage 12
Stage 12 “Taramea Bay”
Start Long White Lagoon
Finish Riverton
Distance 15km 15km
Ascent +0m +0m
Descent -0m -0m
Fast Time 2hr 2hr
Slow Time 4hr 4hr
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