Kowen Winter Trails

Kowen Winter Trails : event overview

Kowen Winter Trails offers three distances:

• 42.2 km (marathon) - 1400 m elevation gain
• 21.1 km (half marathon) - 600 m elevation gain
• 12 km - over 400 m elevation gain

The event is held at Wamboin Community Hall, 112 Bingley Way, Wamboin, NSW. The 2026 event takes place on the 3rd Sunday in June. The marathon is an official qualifier for the Six Foot Track.

Course, mandatory gear and entry rules

All races start and finish at the Wamboin Community Hall. Runners follow 1.3 km of sealed bitumen along Bingley Way before entering Kowen Forest. Courses use hilly, groomed dirt forestry trails with some short single-track sections. The marathon route includes an ascent of Mt Amungula; the half marathon route includes an ascent of Mt Doom.

All participants must pass a mandatory gear check before collecting their race number. Required items are:

• Water container
• Mobile phone (with the race director's number saved)
• Space blanket

Entrants without the mandatory gear will not be allowed to start. Cut-off times are 7 hours for the marathon and 4.5 hours for both the half marathon and the 12 km.

Partial refunds are available while entries are open, less a $15 administration fee. Entry transfers to another person are allowed online while entries are open, with a $10 administration fee. Transfers to future events are not permitted. Changes of distance are allowed online while entries are open; moving to a longer distance requires payment of the fee difference plus a $10 administration fee. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.