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+Update+ With Christmas Shopping to Vasaloppet, Marcialonga, Engadiner & Co

16 November 2022

+++ Update +++ Since we had a server breakdown past week, we have decided to extend the Christmas Shopping until Friday 18th November (24:00 CET). Yes, yes, it is still some time to Christmas. But experience has shown, that international shipping takes some time around the holly jolly Christmas time. So only for orderings until […]

Marcialonga 2023: There is the witch’s wall

11 November 2022

Perhaps few people know this, but the first edition of Marcialonga was not 70km but 68km. Getting to Canazei, overcoming the bottleneck of Mazzin was still impossible. The rock was overcome already in the second edition, the turning point was brought to Canazei and the route was improved considerably from the technical point of view. […]

Stay strong Vasasloppet!

6 November 2022

Shocking news from Mora: Vasaloppet’s central storage burned down this Friday. Good news first: No human harm. But it seems like basically the whole material (machines, kilometers of fences, tanks for the blueberry soup, sheds and and and) has been destroyed. Even tough this is a huge setback for our Swedish member, they are already […]

The Digital Worldloppet Passport is here

24 October 2022

The majority of marathon skiers is taking part in multiple ski races throughout the winter. In order to not loose the overview, Worldloppet has created the MyLoppet portal. In this free of charge login system you can manage all your ski races, results, Worldloppet passports and Master titles.  Once you have created your MyLoppet account, you have […]

Worldloppet & Euroloppet follow common paths

14 October 2022

Already past season the global ski federation Worldloppet and the European Union of Cross-Country skiing Marathons (EUC) Euroloppet announced a cooperation. Euroloppet is also the organizer of the annual European Ski Marathon Championships, in which every popular skier can be part of. For the upcoming winter, the two organizations have reconfirmed their common paths.  “In times […]

Five tips for fall training for skiers

10 October 2022

Martin Benes from MVB Coaching – our partner coach – has 5 tips for your fall training for skiers who prepare for the cross-country skiing season 2023. Across the Northern Hemisphere, it’s starting to feel like fall. Days are getting shorter and the weather is changing. How should our training be changing along with the […]

Founder of Dolomitenlauf and co-initiator of Worldloppet died

27 September 2022

Sad news is arriving us today from Lienz, Austria, the home of Dolomitenlauf. Franz Theurl, the OC President with an information to all friends of Dolomitenlauf and Worldloppet. Dear friends of Worldloppet, I have to bring you sad news today: The founder of Dolomitenlauf and co-initiator of Worldloppet, our honorary president, Robert Steiner has passed away. For […]

Vlog: Quad biking, fishing and a frozen nightlife in New Zealand

15 September 2022

Come with me to the second part of Gunnar‘s Nordic Adventures from the Merino Muster, New Zealand’s greatest skiing race. In this episode I am going to check out the trails at the Snow Farm NZ introduce our Worldloppet Clothing experience the mountains with a Quad Bike from The Cardrona catch my own pre race […]

Vlog: Gunnar’s Nordic Adventures at Merino Muster 2022 (with Bungee Jumping)

8 September 2022

I made the big journey to the southern hemisphere to ski the Kangaroo Hoppet in Australia and one week later the Merino Muster in New Zealand. In this episode you gonna see me jumping off the Kawarau Bridge, the place where Bungee Jumping was invented. And of course, we gonna ski the Merino Muster 2022 […]

Pictures Gallery: Merino Muster 2022

4 September 2022

Here come some of the greatest shots from 2022’s Merino Muster. Almost 200 skiers celebrated the comeback of New Zealand’s Worldloppet race to snow at the Snow Farm. The winners are Campbell Wright and Nicole David, both New Zealand.

Merino Muster 2022 celebrating its comeback to international skiing

3 September 2022

Finally, the international flags of all Worldloppet nations could have been hoisted at Snow Farm New Zealand. The Merino Muster 2022 today has taken place with almost 200 participants coming from all around the world. The weather was just New Zealandish: Every five minutes differently. Which started with fog and even snowfalls has turned out […]

Gunnar’s Nordic Adventures at Kangaroo Hoppet 2022

30 August 2022

For the first time Gunnar is traveling to the southern hemisphere to enjoy skiing around the world down under, at the Kangaroo Hoppet 2022 🇦🇺. See how he performed amongst the gum trees, if he made friends with kangaroos 🦘 and how he deals with his shark-phobia 🦈 while sea kajaking in Melbourne. Also Olympic […]