Nagle Dam
The Crazy Store 1000 Hills Challenge - 26 July 2014
Event: Crazy Store 1000 Hills Trail Challenge
Date and Start Time: 26 July 2014 from 07h30
Venue: Nagle Dam Picnic Site
Distances and (entry fee): 10k (R195), 20k (R295), 35k (R395) includes First Ascent Top
Start Times: 35k 07:30, 20k 08:00, 10k 08:30crazy-300x148
Registration: From 6.30am
How to enter: See below to enter online with ROAG
Entry Limit: 500
Compulsory Equipment: Runners on the 35km and 20km must carry 2l of hydration and a cell phone
Water Tables: Every 10km. 35km has 3, 20km had 2 and the 10km has 1.
Route Descriptions: Nagle Dam is a rural setting that offers spectacular scenery. Runners doing the longer courses will circumnavigate the entire dam as well as explore parts of the river above the dam. The short course cuts through the middle of the dam using a tunnel and runs around the bottom half of the dam. Runners can expect to see some wildlife like Zebra and Impala in the Msinsi Reserve. The run promises a unique perspective of KZN that only those willing to explore of foot will rarely get to see. The longer courses havr a river crossing and steep climb and should be attempted by fit and more experienced trail runners.
Website and directions: www.kzntrailrunning.co.zaKZN Event photo 1
Medical Provisions: EMS provide an ambulance on site with full life support. Runners will have to cover any hospital transfer costs, on site treatment is free.
Contact person: Andrew Booth Email: Cell: 082 603 4098
From PMB (35 mins) (Hilton side): Travelling South take the Church Street off-ramp in Pietermaritzburg and turn left. Go straight through the first two sets of robots and turn right at the third set towards Greytown. Then at the next set of robots, before crossing the Baynespruit stream, turn right into Ohrtmann Rd. Go straight until the 1st set of robots and turn left into Manning Avenue. Cross the Baynespruit stream and go straight through the first set of robot and then turn left at the 2nd set at the Shell Garage. Travel up the hill for +- 2 kilometres and turn right onto the Table Mountain Rd. The turn is sign posted: Table Mountain. Travel straight on this road for about 20 kilometres until in turns into a dirt road.
Continue straight on the dirt road past the turn-offs to the D1001 and D1026 and then down a steep hill into the Umngeni Valley. Cross the cattle grid and the first Msinsi Entrance and continue for another 2kms and the main entrance
to Nagle Dam will come up on your left.
From PMB (35mins) (Durban side): Travelling North on the N3, take the Ohrtmann Road off-ramp in Pietermaritzburg and turn right. Go over the highway and straight through the next set of robots, then turn right into Manning Avenue at the 2nd set of robots. Cross the Baynespruit stream and go straight through the first set of robot and then turn left at the 2nd set at the Shell Garage. Travel up the hill for +- 2 kilometres and turn right onto the Table Mountain Rd. The turn is sign posted: Table Mountain. Travel straight on this road for about 20 kilometres until in turns into a dirt road. Continue straight on the dirt road past the turn-offs to the D1001 and D1026 and then down a steep hill into the Umngeni Valley. Cross the cattle grid and the first Msinsi Entrance and continue for another 2kms and the main entrance to Nagle Dam will come up on your left.
From Durban (1hr) (NB: Drive via PMB if you are unsure about this route): Travel north of the N3 and take the Cato Ridge off-ramp. Turn right back over the highway onto the R103. Follow the R103 through Cato Ridge and after 3kms turn left into Eddie Hagen Drive. After 3kms on Eddie Hagen Drive turn left (sign posted “Nagle Dam”) and follow this road down into the Valley. Continue straight across Dusi Bridge at the bottom of the Valley. Follow this tar road for about 10kms. Keep left when the road splits- do not go over the narrow bridge over the Umngeni River- continue on the poor tar road. The main entrance to Nagle Dam will come up on your right very soon after the road turns to dirt.
