Event Information

Entries open Monday December 1st 2025

Entries close Sunday 22nd March 2026

Pricing from 1 December - $150 

Pricing from 1 March - $200 

$1,000 Course Record Prizes 🏆

We’re excited to announce $1,000 cash prizes for both the Female and Male course records (only the last Female and Male standing) at the Wild West Backyard Ultra.

If you break the course record, you’ll take home $1,000 cash. This means, yes, the course records have to go in 2026!

This prize is about celebrating exceptional endurance, grit, and pushing limits on our iconic Hokitika Beachfront course. Whether you’re racing for the win, chasing a personal best, or testing how far you can go, the course records are officially on the line.

Think you’ve got what it takes?

This event is an affiliated backyard ultra and performances can count toward the NZ Team selection for Big’s Backyard Ultra