Merrell Hobbit Trail Runs

15/09/2026

The dates are locked in.
📆 Friday 30 April to Sunday 2 May 2027.

Same Hogsback. Same yellowwoods. Same trail through the Amatholes. A few things have shifted.

The 90 is now simply The Hobbit 90. One race from Maden Dam to Hogsback, with 36 hours to find your way through it. Rest at the refuge if you need to. Keep moving if that is your way.

Around the Hobbit 90, there are seven race starts across three days, from the Friday Night Run to the Mountain Marathon, forest runs and family 5s. Choose one or design your own stage race over the weekend. Bring your people.

And after a few years away, the Hobbit race village is heading back to Hogsback Inn, where our first Hobbit event began in 2011. 🏡

Merrell Hobbit 2027 entries are open. 🎉

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See you back in Hogsback.

29/04/2026

The Merrell Hobbit Trail Runs 2026 photo albums are up on Facebook. 📸
 
A quiet return to the weekend we shared in the Amatholes, the mist, the mud, the forest light, the finish line faces, the tired smiles, the small moments that say more than words can.
 
Thank you to Anja Aucamp, Peter Kirk and Damien Schumann for capturing the emotion, the landscape, and the true story of our adventures together over the Hobbit weekend.
 
Go find your face, your people, your moment in the albums. The forest remembered. Now we get to remember too.
 
We’d love to see the weekend through your eyes too. Share your favourite Hobbit moments, tag us in your photos, and help us tell the story of this little forest gathering, the runners, the families, the kids, the crew, and everyone who found their own kind of adventure in the Amatholes.

28/04/2026