Around Brunner

Around Brunner Cycle Ride

Road and Gravel Ride

Saturday 2nd May 2026

Around Brunner has some exciting races:

• Around Brunner Road race 140km
• Around Brunner Enduro Race 280km
• Around Brunner Gravel 108km

Around Brunner Road Race: The race will be from Moana to Jacksons and then on to Kumara and returning to Moana. This will be a 140km ride through the most spectacular part of the rainforest with rolling hills throughout. In 2026, both the Around Brunner 140km and Enduro 280km will be held, with the Enduro doing 2 laps of the out and back course. The Teams event will still be held with the changeover at Kumara Domain.

Around Brunner Gravel Race: This gravel race will start and finish at the same place as the road Race outside the Hotel Lake Brunner in Moana. From the start, riders will exit Moana and head down the Arnold Valley Road to Aratika where they will head in and travel partially on the reverse of the Gold Trail Mountain Bike Race through the Nga Tahu Forestry Roads. After approximately 38km they will come out from the Cape Terrace Road on to Kumara Inchbonnie Road and head toward Inchbonnie at the 70km mark, where they will then ride the same tar seal road as the road riders until Rotomanu. Instead of turning left they will continue straight to Kotuku Ben Hill Road where they take a left and follow this to Kotuku back on to the Arnold Valley Road and return to Moana and finish outside the Hotel Lake Brunner. This event will suit Gravel Bikes and hard tail Mountain Bikes. It is a challenging course with 1434m of elevation gain over the 108km. The Gravel race will start at 8:45am with the road race starting at 9:00am.

Prize giving will be at the Hotel Lake Brunner at approx. 3:30pm.