CARDRONA PUB TO PEAK
23rd JANUAURY 2026
How about a 14km long, 1300 vertical meter descent to start your day? This race may just be the most exciting 20 minutes of your life..Bring goggles, you’ll be sucking dust.
Cardrona Bike Park have teamed up with the Queenstown Mountain Bike
Festival to host the Peak to Pub Downhill race on Friday morning before the McGazza Mega Train event in Queenstown. The race start time for the race is 10am. The race includes a mass start first to the finish format which will be rowdy and exciting to watch. The course starts from top of the ski resort and finishes at the gates to the historic Cardrona Hotel providing a 1300-meter vertical descent over approximately 14km of single track. To spread out the competitors and reduce dust there will be a wave starts with Open Male starting 1st followed by Women and then Junior Male and Female competitors. To reduce trail congestion racers can descend any bike park trail to the bottom of the Whitestar Chairlift after which the join the peak to pub trail all the way to the pub and finish line. The entire trail is 100% single track and racers MUST stick to the formed peak to pub trail. Any racers identified taking short cuts may be disqualified and other racers can protest at the
inish if they observe riders cheating. Course safety marshals will also be positioned on course.
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WHEN : Friday 23rd January 2026
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RACE SCHEDULE
8:30am - Registrations open at Resort Ticket office
9:30am - Lift open for competitor uploads only.
9:45am - Riders briefing at the Race start (located above Whitestar chairlift)
10.00am - Mass Start in divisions (Wave starts) Open M – Open F – All Juniors
11.00am - Results and Awards outside the Cardrona Hotel
11:15am - Return shuttles depart
HOW TO ENTER
Enter online of on the day. Pre-registered entries receive a course map, race updates and weather report in advance. Entry is $40 and includes a single chairlift upload and a return shuttle for drivers to collect vehicles from the resort base area.
ENTRY DIVISIONS
Open Male & Female | Junior Male & Junior Female (U15 on race day)
RESULTS & AWARDS
Podium plates and prizes will be awarded outside the Cardrona Hotel at 11am. Spot prizes will be drawn from the start list. Full placings, times and results will be included online at: www.cardrona.com/events by 4pm after the race.
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