Heights of Winter
Welcome
Peninsula and Plains Orienteers welcomes you to the 25th annual Heights of Winter, to be held in Inland Kaikoura on Sat 22nd June 2024.
Final event information: (Sent to all entered competitors on 20/6/2024):
To help make registration go as fast as possible, please have your team waiver completed before you get to registration. All waivers must be complete before you start.
Location Inland Kaikōura, 2hrs north of Christchurch. Event is located approximately half-way between Waiau and Kaikōura on the inland Kaikōura road.
Event Centre 4000 Inland Kaikoura Road. 100m NE of the intersection of Cloudy Range Road and Inland Kaikoura Road. Park as directed on the east side of the Inland Kaikoura Road.
Courses:
12 hour or 6 hour options.
- The 12 hour will run from 9am to 9pm.
- The 6 hour will run from 11am to 5pm.
The NavLight punching system will be used.
Event notes:
Registration is from 7:30am for the 12hr event and 9:30am for the 6hr event.
Please know your team number when you come to registration.
Acknowledgements:
This year’s event is mainly private farmland. We gratefully thank and acknowledge the support of the landowners. Please ensure the trust they have placed in us is justified.
Biosecurity:
Please ensure your gear, especially footwear and socks, are clean, dry, didymo free and have no dirt or seeds before coming to the event. Also straight after the event do the same cleaning thanks. Our continuing use of public and private land is dependent on this.
Event meal
Community fundraising through local provision of an after event meal has always been a part of Heights of Winter. This year, PAPO are proud to partner with a local school who will provide the catering. Both the 12hr and 6hr event participants will have a full post-event meal.
From the HoW team, we wish you luck and hope you have a good day.