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Shotover Moonlight Mountain Marathon

Shotover Moonlight Mountain Marathon

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The Shotover Moonlight Mountain Marathon is a trail running event held in February each year.

The Shotover Moonlight Mountain Marathon is an off road running event held in February each year on the Ben Lomond High Country Station in Queenstown, New Zealand. On the 17th of February 2018 - you will be able to experience the challenging and diverse terrain of Ben Lomond Station near Queenstown. Starting beside the famous Shotover River you'll run along sheep tracks, historic mining water rac

23/02/2026

This is Eliott. Eliott makes beer. Not just any beer, award winning beer, including the Good Times you had the finish line. Eliot also enjoys running, or at least enjoys drinking beer after running a 30km Adventure Run through the mountains!

Interesting fact Eliott grew up just down the road from the Foster's on the Moonlight Track - great to have amazing support from our literal neighbours.

Massive thanks to Eliott, Eddie and Jeremy plus all the crew from who support our event.

23/02/2026

Joining our 5 year legends - Conon Ford sharing his post race insights.

Photos from Photos4sale's post 22/02/2026

Another stunning set of race images from the Photos4sale crew capturing the ecstasy and agony.

Head to photos4sale.co.nz select our race and search for your bib number, then pay what you want for a set of images.

21/02/2026

EWE DID IT. Whether you podiumed or pushed through the pain to finish, you are now a Shotover Moonlight finisher. Rest those legs—you’ve earned it. We hope you enjoyed the Good Times (thanks ).

Results are online - https://shotovermoonlight.co.nz/results

A massive shout-out to our event partners and of course all the amazing "musterers" who helped out on course and supported you through the day.

Thanks and congratulations to everyone.

The Fosters, Ben Lomond Station.

21/02/2026
20/02/2026

taking the womens 21km title in the part of the queenstownnz

20/02/2026

setting a new record in the 30km - sorry you'll need to come back!¹

20/02/2026

10km first finisher enjoying the Good Times from

20/02/2026

21km Shotover Trail run underway

31/08/2025

Once the Moke Creek and Moonlight Creek area were a hub of gold mining activity. The area was home to around 3000 people, now the sheep out number the gold miners!

You can run through, along and past these stunning creeks, water races and historic sites as part of our amazing race courses.

Join us for the next edition of the Shotover Moonlight on Saturday 21st February 2026

www.shotovermoonlight.co.nz

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Queenstown

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Sports Event

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Ben Lomond Station, Moke Lake Road
Queenstown