| Event Location & Date: | Falls Creek/ Mount Beauty
24th August 2013 (4th Saturday in August) |
| Telephone: | 03 5754 1045 |
| Fax: | 03 5754 4475 |
| Postal Address Street/Po Box: | PO Box 400 |
| Postal Address Town: | MOUNT BEAUTY |
| Postcode: | 3699 |
| President/Co-ordinator Name: | Allan Marsland - Event Cooordinator |
| President /Co-ordinator Telephone: | 03 5754 1045 or 0419 417 704 |
| President/Co-ordinator/ Email: | info@hoppet.com.au |
| Secretary/Co-ordinator Name: | Helen L'Huillier - Race Secretary |
| Secretary/Co-ordinator Telephone: | 03 5754 1045 or 0421 273 699 |
| Secretary/Co-ordinator Email: | info@hoppet.com.au |
| Description of Activities: | The Kangaroo Hoppet is Australia's premier long distance cross country ski race. It provides a unique opportunity to ski the Bogong High Plains of Victoria's Alpine National Park on a well groomed trail with six food stations. There are also shorter 21km Australian Birkebeiner and 7km Joey Hoppet events starting shortly after the main event. The week leading up to the Kangaroo Hoppet provides a feast of skiing at Falls Creek and nearby Mount Beauty. Hoppet week has a range of social and sporting activities leading up to the race itself on the fourth Saturday of August. The Hoppet office located at Sports Tourism Cluster, Discovery Centre Precinct, Kiewa Valley Highway, Mount Beauty. |
