Vasaloppet's Winter Week February 27 – March 8 2015 will be a ski festival on par with a world championship. 7,615 foreign skiers from 51 nations, and all continents, are registered for the Winter Week! That is a record number of international participants.
The FIS Nordic Ski World Championships in Falun increase the possibility of a record strong start field in Vasaloppet 2015. With less than a month left until the event, several big names can now be confirmed. Alexander Legkov, Maxim Vylegzhanin and Justyna Kowalczyk are a few of those who will challenge the cross-country skiers at the start in Berga by on March 8.
For a few years Vasaloppet has worked with "litter zones" along the track. These will now, for Vasaloppet's Winter Week 2015, be taken away and replaced by a zero tolerance policy against littering on the track! Throwing litter will be permitted at the starts, the finish and in designated places at the seven checkpoints. In all other places, zero tolerance will apply.
Vasaloppet is developing the finish area for Vasaloppet's Winter Week 2015 by removing the pedestrian tunnel under the track at the finish. The background to this change is an altered flow of pedestrian traffic following the Trade Fair move in 2014. The tunnel will be replaced by a regular crossover with guards.
