IF you’re lucky to be at the White Mountain Music Festival in the Central Drakensberg on Saturday 26 September, explore the hills and valleys with LoveTrail.
Just take along a pair of running or hiking shoes and experience the White Mountain Lodge like never before. Win the best-dressed competition and spot prizes at the prizegiving after your run.
Choose between a 15km mountain run to the top of 2 000m-high White Mountain, or a much less extreme 7km that is suitable for new runners, road runners, and walkers.
There are no serious climbs on the 7km, but you will be challenged. Both runs offer stunning grassland singletrack running with amazing views of the Berg on the horizon.
Entrants in the 15km need to be fit and experienced enough for a serious 450m+ vertical ascent of White Mountain.
Speed on your way back down on the same course, blitzing a rocky, technical trail that requires caution, but will produce exhilaration.
There are two short exposed sections of rock getting to the top that require brief moments of rock-hugging.
This long distance is only for experienced trail runners, not walkers.
Prizes from sponsors Brooks, Led Lenser, 32Gi, and TRAIL magazine. Free craft beer to first 50 adult entries.
To run, you will also need a ticket to the White Mountin Music Festival, available when you buy your run ticket or direct from c-weed.com/wmf/.
Start for both runs is 9am. More at www.lovetrail.co.za.
Email Deon Braun on lovetrail@trailmag.co.za
