run 50km

The start in Charlotte Pass Village means that you hit your first substantial hill in the first couple of hundred meters. Once you have blown out the cobwebs with that, there is gentle uphill until you reach the end of the road at Charlotte Pass. It is then onto the Main Range Track where there is a steep downhill to the Snowy River. A rock hop is required to get across the Snowy River at this point. This is followed by a steep uphill which takes you past the turnoff to Blue Lake, and many more undulations before passing the beautiful Lake Albina. After Lake Albina, there is a steady climb up to the junction with the Summit Track. You turn right to head up the Summit track to the top of Kosciuszko. This heralds a whole lot of lovely downhill, and you pass a water only aid station at Rawson Pass on your way back down the mountain. Continue down this track, past Seaman's Hut, to cross the Snowy River again at a different point than before. There is a gentle uphill, before more downhill, all the way into the comprehensive aid station at the turnaround in Charlotte Pass Village. Then it is time to do that all again (consensus shows that the second lap is less pleasant and the runners aren't loving life as much as they were in the first lap), except second time around, you don't make the right hand turn onto the Summit track to summit Kosi. You turn left with the knowledge that is pretty well is downhill all the way to the finish line.