Introduction

This is a real adventure run, and some of this was used in the Anaconda Adventure race when it was held in Augusta and was billed as the world’s biggest adventure race. In my opinion, the run is better than that one and uses, in part, the bike section and the Augusta Cliffs section of the Cape to Cape.

This is one tough run – easily the toughest on this site – with over 300m of vertical elevation, and it has the biggest, baddest hill in the Cape to Cape region. It also has some technical sections and jaw-dropping scenery when it is not raining, unlike the day I took the photos in the slider.

Getting There

Start at Skippy Rock car park, south of Augusta on the west coast. The road is signposted.

The Run

Run back out of the car park, the way you drove in, and take the Cape to Cape track on the left. Run up and along until you get to 1.3km. This is the stick of the lollipop. Take a right, along a track that looks closed and a little sketchy.

Don’t miss it. It is the only real mistake you can make.

You come out onto Skippy Rock Road (gravel) and head left and uphill until 2.5 km, where there is a track to your left and sharply downhill. Take it and follow it through some great forest until 5.5km, where you will see a left and a farm straight on. Take the left, and you are on the hill that has broken many a person. This was used in the bike section, and is 1.5km and averages 10%. Most walked their bike up that hill.

Once you are at the top, take a right and run past the communication tower for about 200 meters, then turn left. (7.5km). You’ll be running along a smooth 4WD track back towards the coast. Soon you are heading downhill, and you will get some stunning views of the coast. It is why we run it this direction, really.

Just past 9km you will see the back side of the Cape to Cape sign, and we take a left and follow the track back to the start

In Addition

While you are there, check out the beach itself for its interesting limestone geological formations.

Map

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