The 3km race will feature U8, U10, U12 and U14 age group categories, while in the 5km distance, there are U16, U18, U20 and veteran sections.
Among the entrants will be Hawea Flat skier and biathlete Campbell Wright (11) - the undisputed U12, 7km Australasian cross-country skiing champion, who won both the Straggle Muster at Snow Farm last month and the Joey race in Australia's Kangaroo Hoppet.
Snow Farm will also host the cross-country skiing secondary school championships on September 21 and 22, and at the end of September - in the first weekend of the school holidays - the Australian junior squad will be at Snow Farm to contest the first Oceania youth championships.
Snow Farm is also a hub of activity for the winter sport of biathlon this season.
Biathlon New Zealand executive committee chairman John Burridge said the Australian Federation of the International Biathlon Union had advised the IBU they wanted the Snow Farm to become the event centre for all biathlon Oceania competitions.
The biathlon range is hosting 22 Japanese athletes, a Swiss, an American and New Zealand's first biathlon Olympian, Sarah Murphy, all training for the chance to go to the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics next February.
