finding epic at the Buffalo Stampede
The story of Chloe Penfold completing her first 100k trail run in the Bright Ultra, and Zac Bisset chasing a dream of a podium in the Buffalo Stampede 42km SkyMarathon, on April 1-2 2023.
A Film by Dan Whitehead.
Buffalo Stampede Festival 2023 Highlights
The 2023 Buffalo Stampede Festival was another brilliant edition of Australia’s original SkyRun. The trail running event saw a record 1,600+ participants from across Australia and overseas descend on Bright in Victoria's high country in search of an epic adventure.
Video by Dan Whitehead
Buffalo Stampede Festival 2023
“The Buffalo Stampede, it’s Australia’s original skyrace. It really exemplifies Australian skyrunning. Big, gnarly climbs, steep descents, technical terrain; everything you really want in a mountain race.” — Ben Duffus
Buffalo Stampede Festival ultra grand slam 2023
“What we choose to do is pretty spectacular. The places we go, the memories we form, it is quite special. And there’s few better places to do that than in Bright, at the Buffalo Stampede. That has got to be one of the best weekends of Ultra racing in this country.” — Luke Barrett
Video by Luke Barrett
Buffalo Stampede Festival 2023
“Stoke and motivation for the Buffalo Stampede. What a great weekend it was! Perfect weather. Perfect trails and perfect community of runners getting around this amazing event..” — Vic Runs Trails
Video by Vic Runs Trails
Buffalo Stampede festival highlights 2022
The Buffalo Stampede, Australia’s original SkyRun, was reimagined in 2022. Drawing a record 1,200+ participants from across Australia to Bright in Victoria's high country in search of an epic adventure.
Buffalo Stampede Festival ultra grand slam 2022
A weekend running around the mountains is never a bad time. Doing it down in Bright is utopian. Luke Barrett raced 10km, 100km and 42km across the weekend, well enough to score him a podium in the Ultra Grand Slam.
Video by Luke Barrett
Buffalo Stampede Festival highlights 2021
Video by Luke Preston
bright ultra 100km
With 5,000 metres of elevation gain over 100k, this is a challenge for your mind, body and your love of the mountains. Traverse lands that home plants found nowhere else on earth. Scale the granite cliffs of Mount Buffalo and gasp your way up Bright’s classic climbs to the summit of the infamous Mystic and Clearspot peaks.
Videography by Majell Backhausen
Buffalo Stampede Festival 2018
A video by Dan Whitehead.