Rainbow Road (New Zealand)

[1] The terrain is rugged and the road has not been built to any particular engineering standard, but is there to give maintenance vehicles access to the power pylons.

[1] The road is open to the public from 26 December until Easter Monday each year.

[3] Under good conditions, it takes a 4WD vehicle about three hours to drive the 112 km.

[2] Access to the road outside of the season can be arranged through the farm manager at Rainbow Station.

The 106 kilometre event finished in Hanmer Springs and included the substantial climb over Island Saddle.