Want to try skiing a Vasaloppet Winter Week race but not as far as the other races? Then you should register for Blåbärsloppet, held on Saturday, March 3, 2018. Blåbärsloppet is 9 kilometres long, starting in Eldris and finishing in Mora. Anyone can participate. Registering is completely free and there are free buses to the start. And everyone who finishes gets a medal!
With six weeks to go before Vasaloppet's Winter Week 2018, there is plenty of snow on the Vasaloppet course, and ski tracks drawn all the way from Sälen to Mora. The tracks are groomed before every weekend for those who want to get out and train.
In connection with Christmas and New Year, Vasaloppet’s staff will take some time off in order to recharge before Vasaloppet's Winter Week 2018. The Vasaloppet Office will be closed and reopen again Monday January 8. The Office open at 08.00 am and Our phone lines at 10:00 – 14:00 and closed for lunch between 12:00 – 13:00. NOTE! Emails sent during this period will not be stored.
12,000 skiers are now registered for Stafettvasan on Friday, March 2, 2018, making it the world's largest skiing relay race, and the third biggest race in Vasaloppet's Winter Week. Only Vasaloppet and Öppet Spår are bigger. Once again Stafettvasan has teams registered from all 21 Swedish counties this year.
This is Vasaloppet! From one ski race in 1922, with 119 participants, to 20 races for skiers, cyclists and runners with near 100,000 participants in 2017. Join us on this historic journey in forefathers' tracks, from Sälen to Mora, now with a race for everyone; beginners, athletes, children, youths as well as the foremost elite. Give us eight minutes and we'll show you everything between Gustav Vasa and Mora-Nisse to the premiere of the very first Nattvasan this year!
The 94th Kranskulla for Vasaloppet is named Sara Wadman, IFK Mora Skidklubb, and 30th anniversary Kransmas for Tjejvasan is Joakim Kullberg, IFK Mora Fotbollsklubb. ”This feels so fantastic,” says Sara Wadman. ”The question gave me a slight shock,” says Joakim Kullberg.
Snow has begun to fall and the freezing weather is here. 53,000 skiers are now registered for Vasaloppet's Winter Week 2018. Here is an update summarizing, in English, the most interesting news items from Vasaloppet’s Swedish website over the past months.
Silly season has ended and a new season of Visma Ski Classics is coming up! That means new Pro Teams and several transfers among the Pro Teams. Here is a summary of silly season direct from Visma Ski Classic:
Vasaloppet is approaching the dream of 100,000 registrants over the course of a year. The various Vasaloppet 2017 races attracted a total of 97,411 registered participants. Over 46,000 are already registered for Vasaloppet's Winter Week 2018 and this Sunday, September 10 at 09:00, registration opens for Vasaloppet's Summer Week 2018 at vasaloppet.se.
136 people made the attempt and 133 who had completed both skiing and cycling came to the Ultravasan 90 start this past Saturday. 12 had to break off but 121 participants got all the way to the finish line and have thereby managed to complete Vasaloppstrippeln 2017. A big congratulations to you!
