CHALLENGE RATING: “Technical with riverside sections at height. River crossings required. Heavy foliage and soft underfoot. Frequent overgrown foliage.”
Come with us on a Gippsland group trail running adventure through the Tyers Gorge, as we follow the winding Tyers river between the carved, steep forested slopes. Our run includes stunning, green immersive single trail, shallow river crossings, steep climbs, switch backs, river lookouts.
Our Wirilda Loop is a 24km , 900m elevation circuit run or a 13km point to point with our bus returning you back to our run start point. With breaks this run should take approximately 5 – 5 1/2 hrs to complete. It is a loop course with 13km of mostly single track until Moondarra Reservoir and our 11km return on the closed (Gippsland Water), unsealed access roads with some challenging runnable hills.
Starting and finishing at Wirilda Environment Park, Our tour takes in:
- Moondarra Reservoir
- Tyers River
- Tyers Gorge
- Pipeline Bridge
- Boola State Forest
- Tyers Regional Park
- Wirilda Environmental Park
We have something for everyone on this run which will be lead by our experienced trail running, fun loving tour guides who will be there to support you running your own pace.
Distances available:
- 24km, 900m elevation gain
- 13km , 650m elevation gain
For bus transfers: The bus will leave at 5:45am from our pick up and drop off point from the tourist bus bays on St Kilda rd opposite Hamer Hall and the State Theatre. We will stop for toilets, coffee and food on our way there and back.
8:00am run start at The Wirilda Environmental Park, Yallourn North VIC 3825. Enter via the intersection of Clarke Rd and Pipeline track. It’s a 1 hour 50 minutes drive from the CBD.
What to bring:
A 600ml hand held bottle or borrow one of ours
Good condition running shoes
Running sports wear to suit the weather
Any emergency medications you may need
What your guides will cover:
13km aid station with chips, fruit, lollies, coke and water
Navigation and tour flagging
Free gear hire, vests, hiking poles, rain jackets and hydration bottles/bladders
The photos and video
Customer first aid response (all guides first aid trained and carry first aid kits, with further first aid supplies in van)
Regroups and head counts
Radio comms and group coordination
Emergency response via mobile phones, satellite phones and personal locator beacons
Jelly snake and vegan jelly distributors
In run toiletries
Customer snake bandages
Sunscreen, hand sanitiser, wet wipes
We strongly recommend having air ambulance cover for this run and all trail runs, due to costs and difficult of access in the remote terrains.
https://www.ambulance.vic.gov.au/membership/fees-terms/
Our tour weather advice, safety notes and course map files (GPX and KML) will be emailed out once purchased or just follow along with our guides.
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