Vasaloppet and Nattvasan 2017 fully booked
When Vasaloppet opened registration for eight of the ten ski races in Vasaloppet's Winter Week 2017 this Sunday morning, two of the races were fully booked immediately. The new couples race Nattvasan was fully booked in 1.5 minutes while Vasaloppet was full after 4 minutes. Over 33,000 participants had registered for the Winter Week 2017 after one hour.
In Stafettvasan, which has grown by 600 teams for the 2017 race, there were, at 10 AM, still a few start positions left in the later group starting at 10 AM.
”Of course it’s marvellous that the interest in skiing and in Vasaloppet continues to stay strong. A few people have experienced technical problems in connection with the onslaught of web visitors, but overall everything has worked well this morning,” says Vasaloppet’s CEO Eva-Lena Frick.
Already during the past week, participants included in Vasaloppet’s loyalty programme have been able to register for Vasaloppet 2017. This loyalty programme, now in its second year, is used to safeguard repeat participants. About 5,000 people have made use of this opportunity.
The two races that are fully booked are Vasaloppet with 15,800 participants and Nattvasan with 1,500 participants (in 750 two-person teams). There are start positions still available in all other races. Registration for Öppet Spår 9 km and Ungdomsvasan will open at a later date.
The 13,000 spots in this summer’s Cykelvasan 90 have been fully booked for some time, but there are still start positions available in all other summer races, and registration can be made as usual via vasaloppet.se. In total over 19,000 people have registered for Vasaloppet’s Summer Week 2016.
Vasaloppet Winter Week 2017
Fri 24 Feb: Kortvasan. 30 km. Start Oxberg.
Sat 25 Feb: Tjejvasan. 30 km. Start Oxberg.
Sun 26 Feb: Ungdomsvasan. 3, 5, 7 or 9 km. Start Mora Ski Stadium.
Sun 26 Feb: Öppet Spår Sunday. 90 km. Start Sälen.
Mon 27 Feb: Öppet Spår Monday. 90 km. Start Sälen.
Tue 28 Feb: Halvvasan. 45 km. Start Oxberg.
Fri 3 Mar: Stafettvasan. 9–24 km. Five-person teams. Start Sälen.
Fri 3 Mar: Nattvasan. 90 km. Two-person teams. Start Sälen. (1,500 entries. FULL 20/03/2016)
Sat 4 Mar: Öppet Spår 9 km. 9 km. Start Eldris.
Sun 5 Mar: Vasaloppet. 90 km. Start Sälen. (15,800 entries. FULL 20/03/2016)
