Buffalo Stampede Festival
Bright, Australia • 19-21 Mar 2027
Buffalo Stampede Festival
The Buffalo Stampede Festival is a series of sky running and trail running events held in Bright and Mount Buffalo, Victoria, Australia. Race distances range from the 100 km Bright Ultra SkyMarathon to a 2 km Junior Trail Run. The festival is presented by ASICS and organised by SingleTrack Events, and it attracts over 3,500 trail runners from Australia and overseas.
The Event Village is located at Pioneer Park Recreation Reserve, 64/72 Coronation Ave, Bright VIC 3741. Courses include mountain ultra terrain, sections through Mount Buffalo National Park, and singletrack and mountain bike trails around Bright. The Bright Ultra 100 km course spends about 60 km inside the national park and about 30 km on the top of Mount Buffalo, reaching the Horn.
Distances and key formats
- 100 km Bright Ultra SkyMarathon, solo or teams of four relay
- 42 km SkyMarathon, largely downhill from Mount Buffalo to Bright
- 20 km SkyRun, loop from Bright to Mystic and Clearspot
- 10 km Twilight, climbs Emily's Spur then descends Mystic Park MTB trails
- 5 km Family Trail, a short community trail run in Bright
- 2 km Junior Trail, a short kids event with a finishers medal
Combined events and series include a 152 km Ultra Slam and a 72 km Grand Slam, each formed by racing multiple individual distances over the festival program. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.