Birkebeinerrennet

Birken opens registrations with backup guarantee

Today our Norwegian friends have opened the registrations for the Birkebeinerrennet 2021 at the end of March. The organizers are working and planning, that the Birken Festival can take place in a save way. If the race will take place on several days, with wave starts or individual start, with a limited starter’s field etc. […]

36. A Global Family

by Silvio Carcano, Alessandro Carcano and Maria Rita Chini – Global skiers and 3 times masters – This is the story of an Italian family, a mother, Maria Rita, who buys almost by chance a Worldloppet Passport with her two sons Alessandro and Silvio, but in the end they all conquered the prestigious Worldloppet Global […]

30. Year of the rooster (Redemption)

by Danièle Grenier – My name is Danièle Grenier. I love skiing since my childhood in Quebec with my father. And since then I have never stopped for almost seventy years. I started Worldloppet trips very late in 2008 with the Vasaloppet and, year after year, I repeat the trip to Europe to join a […]

11. The loneliest walk

by Marg Hayes – Australian 7 x Worldloppet Gold Master The northern Winter of 2011 was to be an epic Worldloppet adventure for Bruce Wharrie and myself both hoping to complete our 4th Worldloppet Gold Master as well as become Global Worldloppet skiers.  An ambitious plan involving races in 3 different continents in one season. […]

Worldloppet presents the Worldloppet Stories project

Since some weeks, the entire world has been affected by the pandemic Coronavirus, that has been impacting our lives and lifestyles. At this particular moment, Worldloppet would love to take a small step to cheer spirits up, sharing stories of good memories and fun times of the slopes – sure that everything will go back […]

Looking at 2021: registrations opening for all the Worldloppet races

The current season is slowly fading to the end, leaving a sour taste for the many events that were forced to cancel for the different reasons. It has not been an easy season, due to the lack of snow in many countries and the current spread of the virus COVID -19, that has inducted both […]

IMPORTANT COMMUNICATION: Birken Skifestival cancelled due to Coronavirus

Here you can find the news that was posted few minutes ago on the official website of the Norwegian race website to announce the cancellation of the race that should have taken place in 10 days: Birken Skifestival 2020 is cancelled Due to the spread of the coronavirus, the norwegian health authorities has decreed the […]

Kowalczyk & Eliassen triumph at Birkebeinerrennet 2019

Like every year, thousands of cross-country skiing lovers honoured the legacy of the Birkebeiner warriors at today’s Birkebeinerrennet. The victories in 2019 go to Poland’s Justyna Kowalczyk & Norway’s Petter Eliassen. Norway’s biggest cross-country skiing race is also one of the biggest xc-events in the world and a highlight in the Worldloppet calendar. Like every […]