Cut Off Times Explained

The event will be flagged off at 05:00 am sharp from Pasarni base starting with the Competitive Elite Men’s category. All subsequent categories will be flagged off after an interval of 3 to 5 min ( subject to traffic at pasarni base). The last category to start from Pasarni base will be The One Ghat challenge Recreational category.
This staggering of start times will be done in order to facilitate the local traffic and to avoid bunching up of participants thus minimizing probability of accidents.

CUT OFF TIMES:

A) Latest Starting for Ambenalli Base/ Descent from the Hub at MTDC mahabaleshwar for 2 ghat and 4 ghat challenge (all categories) is 08:15 am. Participants can start the descent earlier than this time but not after 08:15 am.


B) Latest Starting time for Ambenalli Ascent from start point for 2 ghat and 4 ghat challenge (all categories) is 09:45 am. Participants can start the ascent earlier but not after 09:45am.


C) Completion time for 2 ghat and 4 ghats for Ambenalli for all categories will be 14:15 hours (02;15 pm) Participants can finish Ambenalli before this time but completion of Ghat 2 after 02:15 pm will not be allowed.


D) Latest Starting for Medha Base/ Descent from the Hub at MTDC Mahabaleshwar for 4 ghat challenge (all categories) is 15:30 hours (03:30 pm). Participants can start the descent earlier than this time but not after 03:30 pm.


E) Latest Starting time for Medha Ascent from start point for 4 ghat challenge (all categories) is 16:30 hours (04:30 pm). Participants can start the ascent earlier but not after 04:30 pm.


F) Completion time for 4 ghats for all categories will be 18:45 hours (06:45 pm) Participants can finish Medha before this time but completion of Ghat 04 after 06:45 pm will not be allowed.


G) There is no particular start timing and finish timing for Ghat 3 (tapola) and participants can plan/ strategize the start and finish Ghat 2 and Ghat 4 as per the mentioned cut off times.


H) An additional Grace period of 30 minutes will be applicable only for Finish time of Ghat 2 and Ghat 4 specifically for Recreational categories and not Competitive categories 


I) The Cut off times mentioned for starting/ ascending the Ghats shall be applicable to all categories.


J) In case of any dispute/ discrepancy/ logistical challenge, the decision of the Race Director will be final.