Length: 1 days
Location: Rotorua
Women's Adventure Racing.
Spring Challenge is one of the gems of New Zealand adventure racing, where up to 420 teams of three women take part in the adventure that includes rafting, mountain biking, hiking and navigation.
The event first began in 2007 in the village of Hanmer Springs with 327 women entering, making it the highest participated adventure race in NZ at the time. The following year in Kaikoura 600 women took part. The event continued to grow as it toured to Nelson Lakes National Park, Motueka, Marlborough, Methven. In 2013 the event was held in Gibbston (Queenstown) with 960 entrants. Hokitika 2014 hosted 1050 and the largest field to date was Wanaka in 2015 with 1260 entrants. We are planning for a sell out event in 2016 (1290)