The end of the 2019/2020 Worldloppet season The official communication of cancellation appeared yesterday night on the Fossavantsgangan’s channels, confirming that the last race of the Worldloppet 2019/2020 ski season won’t take place. Here the statement of the Organising Committee: “Dear cross country skiersDue to the Covid-19 pandemic and the expected development of the disease […]
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 […]
?ON AIR?Welcome to the 8th episode of #SkiPlanetByWorldloppet, your worldwide cross-country marathon skiing show!Today, we’re in Ísafjörður, in Iceland, to discover the great Fossavatnsgangan… and many more! Enjoy the show! ? Don’t miss a single episode of SkiPlanet and like the Worldloppet Facebook page! • SKI PLANET is hosted by Marika Godin, produced by Worldloppet and proudly presented by Montagnes du Jura and Rossignol & Rossignol Apparel. […]
(scroll down for the video summary) It has been a while since my last time on skis and the Engadin Skimarathon seems already like a race from last season. However, my motivation to race in Iceland was still very high since it would be my 10th Worldloppet race. I packed my winter clothes and xc […]
At 08:00 today, the elite skiers of 2019’s Fossavatnsgangan were standing at the start line in the mountains of Isafjordur, looking down to the sea and feeling the cold Icelandic wind. Even though the spring in Isafjordur is extraordinarily mild, today Iceland decided to present itself as it is known – just ICEland. In total […]
Tomorrow it is time to celebrate the Worldloppet winter season-ender in Iceland: Hundreds of Worldloppet skiers travelled to the Scandinavian island to collect a stamp in their passport at the Fossavatnsgangan – probably the most scenic ski marathon. Among them famous names like Ivo Niskanen & Nikita Kriukov. Yesterday evening Worldloppet skiers, masters & passport […]
Tomorrow the Worldloppet festival in Iceland is going to start with the skating races of Fossavatnsgangan in Isafjordur. As you may have heard, the winter has been exceptionally mild in Iceland. As a result of this, the snow at the regular start and finish area has already left for summer holidays. Therefore, Fossavatnsgangan will be […]
Spring has come to the most parts of Europe and the Worldloppet race organizations slowly start to organize everything for their summer competitions. But we still have one final show on snow left in this winter: In Isafjordur, the north-western end of Iceland, winter just hit the mountains and the village with a new load […]
Alexander Panzhinskiy, Russian cross-country elite skier & Olympic medalist has good words about Fossavatnsgangan.
Around 1000 popular skiers came together for one last time in 2018’s Worldloppet winter at Isafjordur, Icland, at the Fossavatnsgangan.
| N | NAME | |
|---|---|---|
| 5959 |  | WIENER Jay |
| 5955* |  | PIIROINEN Heikki Elias |
| 5954 | | VUOLLE Jukka |
| 5953 |  | JAEGER David |
| 5952 | | MacDOUGALL Donald |
| N | NAME | |
|---|---|---|
| 309 | | COOLEY Richard |
| 308 | | PETERSON Raymond |
| 307 |  | HAUBE Veljo |
| 306 | | ARTEL Karin |
| 305 | | ALLIKSAAR Lembit |
