If you complete any distance of HIGHLANDER successfully, you will receive a unique experience to remember every time you look up in the sky, lifetime friends, a hard-earned HIGHLANDER Title, Pin, Patch, and Certificate.

This is a backpacking adventure, not a race.

• All formats finish on April 6, 2025 at 18.00

Yes, unless the organisers or park rangers advise it is unsafe.

No, all participants must come to Registration in person during open hours for the Registration Check-in and to personally sign the event waiver.

Minors are permitted at the event with a parent/guardian. Please download the document attached below, complete the document with the necessary information and save it as a PDF. Once you complete the registration and the payment for a parent/guardian and a minor, please, contact the organizer at australia@highlanderadventure.com to send the PDF file and get further instructions.

The minors' age limit differs by the format. Please check the age limit below.  

Consents for Minor to participate:

• from 18 years old - HIGHLANDER Pegasus Mt Hotham
• from 14 years old - HIGHLANDER Orion Mt Hotham
• from 14 years old - HIGHLANDER Lyra Mt Hotham

The confirmation email is automatically sent after submitting the payment. Check your inbox and spam folders, and if confirmation is not found, please contact australia@highlanderadventure.com.

If this is your first time registering for an event on the Active.com platform, you will create an Active profile. Here you will have access to all registered events, and you can edit some of your personal details.

• Log in to https://myevents.active.com.     
• Scroll through the list of registered events 
• Choose “Edit Registration Information” 
• Make changes to custom questions etc.   
• Save changes

If you need to change other information (such as an email address), please contact australia@highlanderadventure.com.

All participants must register in person at the event before the start to collect the Participant's Kit and food. We do not send out the Participant's Kit by mail. You will also receive an email with Registration Check-in information one week before the event.

Participants need to come to the Check-in with their own transport.

The Pegasus is not at the same place as the Check-in, so the organizer is providing transport buses at 6.00am. Busses depart from The General, Mt Hotham and take participants to the start. All other formats start 400m from the General, on Davenport Access Track.

It depends on you and your body. For each participant, the Organizer will provide Offgrid Camping Food distributed at checkpoints. There is a specific field in the registration form that includes diet preferences. A vegan and gluten free options will be available.

We all have unique eating habits and feel full at different rates so if you think you need additional food / have a special diet please bring it with you.

National Parks in Australia do not allow dogs.

We are aware some of you might want to capture your Adventure of a Lifetime by using a drone, however, we must point out that drones are, unfortunately, not allowed.

Temperatures in Mt Hotham in April are between 2°C and 20°F. It rains 10.8 days in April.

To be safe, we recommend you prepare for all types of weather as well as you can.

You can view the full gear list HERE

Of course! HIGHLANDER is not for professional hikers and mountaineers only. It welcomes nature lovers hungry for activity and adventure. HIGHLANDER is very safe and not overly challenging. A minimum of backpacking experience is required. We suggest starting a training plan in the months before the event.

All participants should be physically prepared to tackle the route smoothly. We recommend 100 - 180km of light backpacking in the months before HIGHLANDER to prepare for the trail. Above all, you must be able to carry a heavy backpack (practice with 10kg and increase gradually to 15 - 20kg). Make sure you can walk comfortably in your backpacking shoes and break them in prior to the event.

Look out for more training info via email to registered participants and on our FB and Insta pages.

There is spotty coverage for most of the course.

Most backpacking trails in the Alpine National Park are well-marked, but some short sections of the route have some less-traveled paths where you need to stay more aware of your bearings. It is important to follow markers and official backpacking trails. Always keep a map on hand and follow the signposts to stay on course and arrive safely at your destination.

You must collect all the checkpoint stamps. Checkpoints are open at specific times. Staff will stamp your HIGHLANDER ID. During the checkpoints’ working hours, our staff will help you obtain your HIGHLANDER checkpoint stamp, water, and food. Please know that if you don’t manage to get the checkpoint stamp, you are disqualified and are not entitled to the HIGHLANDER Title, Pin, Patch, or Certificate. Checkpoint stamp collection is the sole responsibility of the participant.

Bivouacking is allowed only inside the designated bivouacking campgrounds.

Designated bivouacking sites are on the Checkpoints for each HIGHLANDER format or in close vicinity, and you are required to camp on these sites.

No. Sleeping is only permitted in tents and in sleeping bags which are mandatory HIGHLANDER gear for all participants. Mountain huts and huts have limited space and could not accommodate all HIGHLANDER participants. Sleeping in a tent is a special experience and one of the best parts of a true backpacking adventure.

A great idea! They can take up to 15% of the load off the legs.

Checkpoint staff are trained for such cases. Feel free to consult them with any gear malfunction or similar issues.

Yes. Participants sharing equipment must inform the organizing staff at Registration Check-in - Event week. Gear that can be shared includes the required tents, isobutane/alcohol stoves, compasses, and first aid kits. Participants sharing the required gear must cross the finish line within a time difference of no more than 30 minutes from the first to the last group member.

Please contact the organizer at australia@highlanderadventure.com.