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Challenges

At the Trail Dawgs, we like to keep things interesting with regular challenges around our mountain.

We will post regular challenges here for you to take part in, and encourage you to post your results for some spectacular prizes!

WINTER WIPEOUT - sat, 26th july 2025

8:45am for 9am

"Hoping for some atrocious weather! "

Featuring a band for the after party!

How it works:

1. Fill in the form here to sign up as a chilled, medium or fast runner.

2. You will be assigned a team (each team will have a chilled, medium & fast runner)

3. As a team you need some sort of dress up!

4. Arrive at 8:45, teams start running from 9am.

5. Run your route (there is a different route for chilled, medium & fast, see routes below)

6. Down a beer at the end, stop your watch.

7. Fastest team win!

8. Join the Dawgs after-party at the Horse 🎉

Routes

Routes for Winter Wipeout 2024:

All routes go up Pecks and at some point go through our aid station at the top of the Mule path.

To download routes as GPX, go to the Strava route page, and select the down arrow next to "Edit Route".

chilled ROUTE

From the horse go up Pecks, and take a left at the first junction
Follow the route right and onto the jeep track
Go past the river and diagonally across to jeep track on the other side
Go left off jeep track, and over to the amphitheatre (Aid station)
Left up to Kalk bay peak, and steeply down to the jeep track again
Back to the horse via Mimites, and Baileys

Strava route:
https://www.strava.com/routes/3243873557906942362

MEDIUM ROUTE

From the Horse, up Pecks, onto the jeep track
Over Steenberg, and down the other side
Left along the fenceline
Back onto the jeep track, and diagonally across to the jeep track on the other side
Over the mountain below Kalk bay peak and to the Amphitheatre
Down Echo Valley and past Weary Willies
Up Mule Path and across to Baileys
Down Baileys to the Horse

Strava route:
https://www.strava.com/routes/3243873915911278222

fast ROUTE

From the horse, up Baileys and up to St James peak
Back rowards the junction at the top of pecks, and onto the jeep track towards higher steenberg peak
Down fromn steenberg and to Silvermine east
Down the jeep track and turn off at the waterfall
Round Maiden peak to the bottom of dead mans, approaching Echo valley
Up to the Amphitheatre (Aid station) and onto to Kalk bay peak
Steeply down to the jeep track again
Back to the horse via Mimites, and Baileys

Strava route:
https://www.strava.com/routes/3243874238041607578

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