After my Canadian cross-country skiing adventure, I have travelled on to Hayward Wisconsin, USA to participate in the American Birkebeiner 2022. With more than 6.000 skiers the race is an adventure on its own. Specially the Giant Ski Relay Race is a lot of fun. I set up a team and participated in this fun […]
After an early week snowstorm brought over 14” of snow on Tuesday, the American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation crew worked diligently to create a world-class course that would withstand more than 11,500 racers over four days. On Saturday morning, single digit temperatures set the stage for a fast and firm course for the 48th Slumberland American […]
The American Birkebeiner is adding one more day of racing during Birkie Week! Introducing the Open Track experience – same great events, same racecourse, inspiring downtown finish, simply with a more relaxed approach. The Open Track event is for skiers that want to compete against themselves on the famed Birkie Trail. Limited to the first 1000 people, […]
With fresh fallen snow covering the classic course on the AmericanBirkebeiner Trail, the race was slow and challenging for skiers in the 47th Slumberland American Birkebeiner (Birkie) classic championship race, Sunday 28th February. In this unique year, the annual Birkie ski race was completely modified from the traditional point to point race – traditionally American […]
It was a different Birkie compared to the years before, but the event took place. Over 5 days the participants skied on an alternative race course with many small starting waves. Here is what happened during the Birkie week 2021. ? American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation
The race organizers are still in the process figuring out, how to make our beloved ski marathons happen in the upcoming winter season. The American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation was able to organize 3 successful events over the past months. That makes us confident, that we will experience marathon skiing action on the 27th February in […]
by Ken Hundert, Birchlegger, Toronto, Canada – The night before Birkie 2000, I was on my way to Lakewoods Restaurant for pasta and pasta, with water and water and water. A radio bulletin announced the race had been cancelled. Ugh; this meant that treasured kick wax information earned by my experienced milling at the New […]
?ON AIR? EPISODE 4 #SkiPlanetByWorldloppet We are going to take you on a new adventure this week…5 days of events filled with snow, sunshine and happy people: let’s go discover the unique atmosphere of the American Birkebeiner on Main Street but not only and what #birkiefever is all about! ??? Very easy to reach and […]
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Skiers from 27 countries & 47 States Competed in the 46 th Annual Race HAYWARD, WI (Feb. 22, 2020) – Cold overnight conditions and freshly groomed trails set the stage for a fast and firm course for the 46 th Slumberland American Birkebeiner ski marathon. Niklas Dyrhaug, Trondheim, Norway, and Jessica Yeaton, Albuquerque, New Mexico, […]
It’s always nice to have a look at the races from the inside, especialy if you have not skied it yet or if you did but love to experience it again even when you do not have the chance to be there personally: this is what our friend Ted Nelson, aka Traveling Ted will be […]
The 46th American Birkebeiner Slumberland Festival is on, this weekend The American Birkebeiner weekend has finally started and is ready to charme passionates about cross country skiing not only from the United States, but also travelling from far away to join this ski-celebration.Over 13.500 the skiers from around 30 different countries and almost from all […]
| N | NAME | |
|---|---|---|
| 5959 |  | WIENER Jay |
| 5955* |  | PIIROINEN Heikki Elias |
| 5954 | | VUOLLE Jukka |
| 5953 |  | JAEGER David |
| 5952 | | MacDOUGALL Donald |
| N | NAME | |
|---|---|---|
| 309 | | COOLEY Richard |
| 308 | | PETERSON Raymond |
| 307 |  | HAUBE Veljo |
| 306 | | ARTEL Karin |
| 305 | | ALLIKSAAR Lembit |
