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Finally security from Italy: No doubts for Marcialonga 2021

With the mountain peaks in Val di Fiemme painted in white our minds start to fly to the next winter season and to Marcialonga 2021. But will it take place? What if I can not enter Italy? Finally we have received good news from Italy: The 48th Marcialonga will take place! Already now, the organizers […]

37. Marcialonga memories and memorabilia

by Jim Beckner – My wife’s name is Marcia. So when it came to considering which ten Worldloppets we would attend to garner our Masters gold pin it was a no-brainer that we would take in Italy’s Marcialonga. Gotta do it! As she declared, “If there’s a loppet which is my namesake I’d better ski […]

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 […]

34. Good loppets but too early

By Timo Hakulinen – I got married in 1985, and the honeymoon trip was made to the USA. My wife liked this destination very much, but I had another idea behind this, too: On the same journey I could, with the completion of the American Birkebeiner, get my Worldloppet passport fully stamped. This is what […]

33. Memories of Worldloppet ski

by Brendon Hyde, Gold Master n.2095 – After skiing the Australian Kangaroo Hoppet for 10 years my first European Worldloppet tour was planned for 2003. I started training along park pathways in the Oz summertime using cross-country roller skis where I gave local kangaroos a bit of a fright since they all quickly hopped away. […]

31. Marcialonga 1992

By Carlo Brena, director of the Cross-country skiing magazine SciFondo, Italy –  It happened that, after the teenager-time with the usual ups and downs – sometimes beyond the limits of caution – Stefano and I found ourselves to share a new dimension of our friendship: the sweat dripping from our foreheads, the heavy breath after […]

29. Following the steps of the “Ancient Patriarchs”

by Lino Davarda, Global Skier n.251 – I started to practice cross-country skiing following some accidents I had while practicing downhill skiing that limited my sport activity. First, I followed a friend who was taking part to the first edition of Marcialonga and then I tried to ski myself the 70 km on Nordic skis, […]

Marcialonga opens registration for 2021

Early bird for Worldloppet skiers only, from June 3: your chance to enter the race Summer is coming and the winter season and snow seem to be far away from now, but this is the right moment to plan the next stages on cross-country skis, and among them, Marcialonga cannot be missed on January 31! The […]

10. Worldloppet is life changing

by Daniel Mitchell, Master #4518 – Growing up in the farmland of southern Michigan, United States, I desired to be an athlete but lacked the opportunity and discipline. After completing my training to be a family doctor, my wife Carol and I set up a clinic in an underserved small town in northern Michigan; a […]

Ride virtually in the Dolomites with Marciaonga Cycling Craft

On May 31, the 14th Marcialonga cycling Craft was supposed to take place, but due to obvious reasons, the event was moved to May 30th, 2021.In the meantime, Marcialonga joined with enthusiasm the first virtual circuit of Italian Granfondo promoted by ENDU in cooperation with three other events, offering a unique experience to ride with other passionate on the […]

Meeting a childhood friend on the other side of the world

By Angelo Corradini, President of Marcialonga (former Worldloppet Secretary) – One of the few fun  leisure activities that we had during the winter when we were kids in our poor mountain villages was skiing, of course. In the 50s/60s skiing gear was really poor and simple, but enthusiasm was on fire. Between neighbor villages parochialism […]