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  • 3 years ago

    Bus trips, cafés and new signage – the Vasaloppet Arena is ready for summer

    New and improved signage for our hiking and biking trails, cafés where you can get coffee and eat along the way and buses going Mora–Sälen and back, allowing you to bring your bike. The Vasaloppet Arena is ready to receive this summer's visitors. And for those of you who are eager to complete Hemmavasan on location in the Vasaloppet Arena, there's every opportunity for flexible solutions. Welcome!

  • 3 years ago

    Vasaloppet one of 15 Visma Ski Classics Pro Tour Season XII events

    The 12th edition of Visma Ski Classics Pro Tour consists of 15 events on 12 events weekends in 8 different countries. It has 3 new destinations 2021/2022: Orsa Grönklitt, Misurina and Tartu and one new competition format, The Individual Tempo. Season XII starts off with a Prologue weekend in Orsa Grönklitt, Sweden, on December 18th and ends in Northern Finland with the 70-km final Ylläs-Levi on April 9th. In total the tour covers a distance of 810 race km.

  • 3 years ago

    Over 500 have applied to start in Jubileumsvasan – the challenge of the century

    The application period is now over for the historic ski race Jubileumsvasan, which will recreate the very first Vasaloppet in 1922. A total of 532 applications have been received. The jury's work is now underway to select the 139 participants who will get a chance to start the race in Sälen on February 12, 2022, and travel ninety kilometres to Mora on primitive wooden skis. Foreign media have shown interest in Jubileumsvasan.

  • 3 years ago

    Registration for Hemmavasan 2021 is open

    This summer you have a whole 51 days to complete Hemmavasan. Pick one of four cycling distances or four running distances, and a day of your choosing between Saturday, July 3 and the big finishing Sunday, August 22 – and by finishing you'll have a shot at winning a Volvo XC40 Recharge Twin, Volvo's first electric SUV. Don't forget to use the hashtag #hemmavasan this summer!

  • 3 years ago

    Chance to win an electric car from Volvo in Hemmavasan 2021

    Once again, the pandemic prevents the regular Vasaloppet Summer Week from going ahead, but participants can still reach their cycling or running finish line – in Hemmavasan. Last year's success is back, now upgraded with great prizes, including an electric car from Volvo. "We know that many have trained extra hard this past year, so it feels good to be able to offer a safe and flexible solution. At the same time, we are happy that elite participants this year can compete in Cykelvasan 90, Ultravasan 90 and Ultravasan 45 on location in the Vasaloppet Arena," says Johan Eriksson, Vasaloppet's CEO.

  • 4 years ago

    Do you have what it took in 1922? Vasaloppet recreates the first historic Vasaloppet

    Wooden skis with toe straps, wool trousers, tarred skis and snow packed on forest roads and paths. Vasaloppet celebrates 100 years in 2022 and what better way to commemorate than to ski as they did in 1922? A ninety km historic Vasaloppet will be held on Saturday, February 12, 2022 – "Jubileumsvasan" – with the goal of replicating the first race as close as is possible. Registration for the challenge of the century opens on Wednesday, May 12, and a jury will select 139 skiers who get the chance to participate in Jubileumsvasan.

  • 4 years ago

    Keep training – summer 2021 plans is in full swing

    The pandemic continues to affect the world and create challenges for society at large, and so too for Vasaloppet. With nearly four months to go until the summer races in the Vasaloppet Arena, planning and preparation is in full swing.

  • 4 years ago

    Vasaloppet's Summer Week 2021

    The goal is to be able to hold Vasaloppet's Summer Week 2021 with twelve bike and running races in the Vasaloppet Arena on August 13–21. "Right now we're reviewing what conditions there will be and we're ready to make adjustments as needed to be able to welcome participants to the Vasaloppet Summer Week on location," says Johan Eriksson, CEO of Vasaloppet.

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