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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 […]

Gallery: Kangaroo Hoppet 2022

29 August 2022

What a great day out there! Sunshine, firm tracks, well prepared tracks… All you need for a great day of marathon skiing, in August! The Kangaroo Hoppet is finally back on snow. Here are some of the greatest moments of Kangaroo Hoppet 2022 in Falls Creek.

Jessie Diggins wins Kangaroo Hoppet 2022

27 August 2022

Nearly 1,000 cross country skiers from 22 countries descended on Falls Creek today for the 30th staging of the Kangaroo Hoppet XC Ski Marathon. Perfect weather and tracks greeted the skiers as they wound their way through the course from the Falls Creek Nordic Bowl across the Bogong High Plains. Jessie Diggins ahead of her […]

Kangaroo Hoppet back in Full Swing

23 August 2022

After cancellation for two years due to domestic COVID restrictions, the Kangaroo Hoppet is in full swing leading into a great event this weekend. It is a special year for the Hoppet as it celebrates its 30th staging since entering the Worldloppet family in 1991. Inaugural Race Director, and current chairman, Allan Marsland is appreciative […]

Snow party at Ushuaia Loppet 2022 yesterday

15 August 2022

Yesterday, the greatest Argentinian cross-country skiing race, the Ushuaia Loppet 2022 has returned. After two years of virtual editions, the Worldloppet season opener was taking place again on snow. At it was a lot of snow. Not only on the perfectly groomed tracks, but also from above. Freezing temperatures and snowfalls made the Ushuaia Loppet […]

Ushuaia Loppet 2022 ready to kick off Worldloppet season

11 August 2022

Tomorrow, Thursday August 11th, is the last day to register for the most anticipated comeback: the Ushuaia Loppet 2022. The Ushuaia Andean Club has confirmed this ahead of the international competition on Sunday, August 14th. The participants will open the Worldloppet season 2022/23 at the Tierra Mayor Winter Center, Argentina. After having passed two editions […]