König Ludwig Lauf

3. To the end, despite everything

By Giannino Ruzza (Italy) – Hello everyone, my name is Giannino Ruzza, 69 years old. In 2019, I participated in the König Ludwig Lauf (50 km classic) with bib number 540. I was the second to register in 2018 for this great cross-country skiing. I’m retired and I’ve lived in Sicily for five years. I really […]

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 […]

Interview: Sport and athletes in the time of COVID-19

A chat with Emanuele “Lele” Becchis, World Record holder on 100m in Free Technique at the König Ludwig Lauf Supersprint in 2019 There is no need saying that the COVID 19 pandemic situation, that is currently having half of the World population staying at home, is also having a huge impact on our daily lives. […]

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 […]

König Ludwig Lauf ready for tomorrow’s Super Sprint

Main race and short race cancelled, but the show is on for the 100-m-SuperSprint with the best sprinters of the world The snow condition this year is playing crazy on many races that were forced to cancel or reduce the course and so happened to König Ludwig Lauf, the German Worldloppet race that luckily was […]

Few days left to register to König Ludwig Lauf with reduced registration fee

The German race awaits on February 1st -2nd you to ski around the territories and castles of King Ludwig König Ludwig Lauf 2020 – a Winter fairytale – following the steps of King Ludwig II . A ski track surrounded by history and culture, discovering some of the most suggestive Bavarian landscapes, breathing the air […]

Lina Korsgren and Morten Eide Pedersen win König Ludwig Lauf

When Oberammergau (Germany) & the marathon skiing elite woke up this morning, a 20 cm layer of fresh snow  & further snowfalls already awaited them. So already before the start, it was clear: The König Ludwig Lauf 2019 is going to be a slow & hard race! 50 km of Classic Technique passing the famous castle Linderhof […]

FIS Worldloppet Cup stage 3 taking place tomorrow

Tomorrow two Worldloppet races are going to take place. One on the other side of the Globe, in Japan: The Sapporo Skimarathon. The other one is taking place in Germany, in Oberammergau. The König Ludwig Lauf is going to host the 3rd FIS Worldloppet Cup stage 2019 tomorrow.