Event Information

 Hogsback, South Africa
25 April 2025 to 27 April 2025

Hobbit Trail Runs 2025

Set yourself off on a wonderful, wandering Hobbit journey by tackling the iconic and notoriously demanding 90km 5-day Amathole Hiking Trail of the Eastern Cape nonstop or a two day staged run. There is also various one day options over the course of a long weekend - 42km, 21km, 16km, 10km or 5km events.

Hobbit 90km Nonstop

ITRA Points
Itra Images
Mountain Level
  6
Finisher Level
  340
National League

Course details

 Race Date: 2025/04/25
 Start Time: 06:00:00
 Participation: Solo
 Distance: 90.00
 Elevation Gain: +4580
 Elevation Loss: -3980
 Time Limit: 24:0:0
 Number of Aid Stations: 4
 Number of Participants: 50
 
 

About the Race

Run the six day Amathole Hiking Trail in one go. Just like that. Traverse 90km of mostly single-track mountain paths, with a lot of UP and treacherous DOWN through indigenous forest, plantations and mountain grasslands and waterfall framed river crossings, making a total elevation gain of 4800m and drop of 4100m. Unless of course you wander off path… 70km of the 90km is self navigated by GPS.