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The Kangaroo Hoppet is a unique cross country ski event and is held at Falls Creek Victoria every year on the fourth Saturday of August.
Hundreds of skiers of all nationalities, ages and abilities race over the Bogong High Plains on world class groomed trails.
The 7km Joey Hoppet course is a single anti-clockwise loop into Sun Valley.
The 21km Australian Birkebeiner is the Sun Valley loop followed by the anti-clockwise Heathy Spur loop.
The 42km Kangaroo Hoppet course is a 26km lap consisting of the Sun Valley loop, the Langfords Loop and the Heathy Spur loop with a diversion to the right at the Park drink station (Johnstons Loop). The second lap (16km) consists of another Sun Valley loop then the Langfords loop and return along the Two Pauls track.
The course is subject to change due to prevailing snow and weather conditions.
Any changes to the course will be posted in Windy Corner Day Shelter, the Hoppet Shop in Mt Beauty and in the Nordic Bowl on race day.
