Ushuaia Loppet Address: Avenida Alem 2873 – Ushuaia. Tierra del Fuego. Argentina.Tel: +54 2901 440732WhatsApp: +54 2901 546277Website: www.ushuaialoppet.com HISTORY OF USHUAIA LOPPET First race: 1986 Highest number of participants: 95 finishers in Ushuaialoppet 42km (2015); 780 entries to Marchablanca 21 km (2011) Worldloppet membership: since 2014 (associate member) “Ushuaia Loppet” has a distance of 42 kilometers and was created by […]

HISTORY First race: 1979, 21km, 80 participants, under the name of “Australian Birkebeiner” Highest number of participants in main race: 1588 participants (1995) Worldloppet membership: since 1991 In 1977 a group of cross country skiers in Mount Beauty, a small mountain valley town in north east Victoria, decided to form a cross country ski club. […]

HISTORY First Merino Muster race: 1995 Highest number of participants in main race: 112 finishers (2015) Worldloppet membership: since 2014 (associate member) Prior to the initial Merino Muster there were two races. The 1st in the 1980’s was held at Cardrona. Ski Area prior the opening of the Snow Farm. The other long distance cross country ski race in […]

. HISTORY First race: 15th March 2003, 50 km, 750 registered Worldloppet membership: since 2014 Highest number of participants in main race:  208 finishers (2015) COURSE Vasaloppet China is the first Worldloppet race of the winter. A 50 km cross-country ski race, open for everyone. The Blueberry Vasa for those who want to take it a bit easier is […]

HISTORY of Dolomitenlauf First race: 19th of March 1970, 48 starters Highest number of participants in main race: 1982, 3302 finishers Worldloppet membership: founding member The race was born in 1970 based on the idea of Robert Steiner who is still and since that time deeply connected with the race. He was the initiator and “spiritual father“ of the […]

. The history of Marcialonga First Marcialonga: 7th February 1971, 65 km, 1157 registeredHighest number of participants in main race: record of entries 7.980 (2017) Worldloppet membership: founding member The idea of the Marcialonga goes back a long way. In 1969, fired by the brilliant performance of Franco Nones in Grenoble Olympic Games the year before, in which he […]

HISTORY OF KÖNIG LUDWIG LAUF First race: 17th March 1968, 90km & 45km, altogether 796 participants Highest number of participants in main race: 3700 (1983) Worldloppet membership: founding member The König Ludwig Lauf was born in 1967 in an Oberammergau Wirtshaus, the idea of Fritz Lang and Benedikt Stueckl. Their aim was to create a popular cross-country ski race […]

HISTORY First Sapporo Ski Marathon: 8th March 1981, 30 km, 114 participants Highest number of participants in main race: 2048 participants in 50km (1987) Worldloppet membership: since 1985 1981 – The first Sapporo International Ski Marathon took place on the Sapporo Olympic Winter Games tracks with distances of 30km, 20km and 10km. The inspiration for the race came […]

HISTORY OF JIZERSKA 50 First race: 20 January 1968, 50 km for men, 25 km for ladies, 52 participants Highest number of participants in main race: 6467 finishers in 50 km (1977); 5511 – 50km + 1672 – 25km (1985), currently the number of entries is limited to 4800 participants. Worldloppet membership: since 2000 The […]

HISTORY First La Transjurasienne: 17th February 1980, 76 km, 1750 entries, 1530 ranked Worldloppet membership: since 1981 EVENT LOCATION 70 km start in Lamoura: elevation 1166m, coordinates: 46°23’34.4″N; 5°58’40.9″E 56/48 km start in Les Rousses: coordinates: 46°29’24.7″N;6°04’09.2″E 25 km start in Chapelle des Bois: coordinates: 46°29’24.7″N; 6°04’09.2″E Finish area of all races in Mouthe: elevation 945m, coordinates: 46°42’14.7″N 6°11’21.6″E Bibs’ distribution in Les Rousses: coordinates 46°29’04.7″N 6°03’32.5″E COURSE […]

HISTORY of GATINEAU LOPPET First race: February 1979, 55km, ca 1000 participants in all Highest number of participants in main race: 680 participants in the 51km CT race in 2002 Worldloppet membership: founding member Canada’s first Worldloppet race was called the Rivière Rouge; it was first held in 1979 in Lachute, Quebec. In 1983 the race moved to […]

HISTORY of Tartu Maraton First race: 16 January 1960, 55 km, 210 participants (ca 30 racers) Highest number of participants in main race: 1985 – 13200 entries; 1986 – 9858 finishers Worldloppet membership: since 1994 Inspiration for founding the race came from Vasaloppet. The race course followed the ordinary road from Tartu to Otepää. During the first years […]