Cradle Mountain Run

From AURA

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The Cradle Mountain Run is a one day traverse of the famous Cradle Mt Lake St Clair Overland track. It starts at the foot of the stairs at Waldheim and follows the track over Marions Lookout south to Cynthia Bay finishing at the boat jetty.The beauty of this run is that it traverses wild alpine areas of Tasmania's Cradle Mt Lake St Clair National Park and World Heritage Area, an area of Tasmania exposed to the roaring forties. The altitude of the track in several areas of the plateau is greater than 1000 metres, which by world standards is not high, but here is well above the tree line. This low tree line illustrates the exposure and harshness of conditions that can prevail even in summer.

This is an estimated, not-accurately measured 82km trail run limited to 50 runners, along the length of the Overland Track. Runners must have sufficient speed to complete the run in 16 hours. A necessary condition of entry is proof of a sub-4-hour marathon. We try to emphasise that the event is a Run not a Race (ie mutual help is an important aspect). The course record is 7 hours 25 min. Hills are steep, the mud can suck your shoes off, roots and stones make the going slow for the less nimble footed.

Contents 1 Contact 2 2009 3 2008 4 2007 5 2006 6 2005 7 2004 8 2003 9 2002 10 2001 11 2000 12 1999 13 1997 14 1996 15 1994 16 1993 17 1992 18 Even More Info

Contact

Please note that the race has a new official website at http://www.cradlemtnrun.asn.au

2009

• 6am start on Saturday 7th February 2009
• More details at the new official website at http://www.cradlemtnrun.asn.au
• AURA also has a webpage for the run at http://www.aura.asn.au/CradleMtnToLakeStClair.html

2008

• results

2007

• Run Results
• Organiser's Report 2007
• Runner comments from 2007 event
• 2007 Run information and entry form as MS-WORD doc or Adobe PDF

2006

• Run Results
• Runner comments from 2006 event

2005

• Run Results
• Photos of winners: Matt Dalziel & Hanny Alston by Dale Lancaster
• 2005 Photo Album from Dale
• Cradle Mountain Run Report 2005 by Paul Stein
• Cradle Mountain Run Report 2005 by Mitch Roberts
• Cradle Mountain Run Report 2005 by Phil Lawrence
• Runner comments about the run

2004

• Run Results
• Runner comments about the run

2003

• Run Results
• Cradle Mountain Run Report 2003 by John Lindsay

2002

• Run Results
• Cradle Mountain Run Report 2002 by Sean Greenhill

2001

• Run Results
• Director's Report by Sue Drake
• Cradle Mountain Run Report 2001 by Sean Greenhill
• My Cradle Mountain Experience by John Lindsay

2000

• Director's Report by Sue Drake

1999

• Run Report by Peter Allan
• Run Report by Bob Frost

1997

• Run Report from USA
• Run Results

1996

• Run Report by Dick Bartlett

1994

• Run Report by Kevin Cassidy
• Run Results

1993

• Run Report by Nigel Davies
• Run Report by Alf Field

1992

• Run Report by Some Sydney Striders

Even More Info

• Runner Comments
• Superb Photos of Overland Track and photographer's notes
• Bushwalking Overland Track
• Peakbagger's Guide to Tasmania's Cradle Mountain - Lake St Clair National Park
• Hiking in Tasmania
• Cradle Mtn - Lake St. Clair National Park
• Acccess, Climate, Camping/Accomodation, Contacts for National Park
• Tasmanian Tourist Board