Birkebeinerrennet

Vlog: Gunnar’s Nordic Adventures at Birkebeinerrennet (I really tried Skeleton)

Welcome to the final chapter of Gunnar’s Nordic Adventures for the winter season 2022. Traveling to the Olympic city Lillehammer to participate at the Birkebeinerrennet. In this Vlog you can follow me on my (quite hard) journey over the two mountains and Sjusøen to finish my 6th Worldloppet race this winter. ? But before that, […]

Thousands of skiers will be back to Birkebeinerrennet tomorrow

Lillehammer is presenting it self in very welcoming way this weekend: Sunshine, mild temperatures but enough snow. Slight snowfalls over night let Lillehammer shine as winter wonder land. It is time to celebrate the comeback of the Birkebeinerrennet like we know it: Thousands of skiers from Norway but also from all around the world skiing […]

Prepare for Birken with Marit Bjørgen and Martin Sundby

In 2022 the famous Norwegian Worldloppet race Birkebeinerrennet is going to take place again after the cancellation of past winter. On 18th and 19th March 2022 again thousands of skiing enthusiasts are invited to make their way over the mountains between Lillehammer and Rena. The registrations for 2022’s Birkebeinerrennet are already open and for all […]

WinterBirken QR is going on the finish lane

Only five days remain to finish this year’s skiing event from Birkebeinerrennet. The Norwegian health authorities did not allow the real mass start race, so the organizers came up with an open track event: The WinterBirken QR. Alongside the course five QR-Codes are placed, which the participants have to scan and prove that they have […]

Birkebeinerrennet 2021 forced to cancellation

Birken AS is, due to the strong official covid-restrictions, forced to cancel this years Birkebeinerrennet. But there still is a chance, to collect a stamp in your Worldloppet Passport: To give more people the possibility to enter WinterBirken QR, its period is extended with two weeks, to the original date for Birkebeinerrennet, March 21. In […]

Birken opens registrations with backup guarantee

Today our Norwegian friends have opened the registrations for the Birkebeinerrennet 2021 at the end of March. The organizers are working and planning, that the Birken Festival can take place in a save way. If the race will take place on several days, with wave starts or individual start, with a limited starter’s field etc. […]

IMPORTANT COMMUNICATION: Birken Skifestival cancelled due to Coronavirus

Here you can find the news that was posted few minutes ago on the official website of the Norwegian race website to announce the cancellation of the race that should have taken place in 10 days: Birken Skifestival 2020 is cancelled Due to the spread of the coronavirus, the norwegian health authorities has decreed the […]

The Worldloppet races snow situation

Here you can check the latest stand of the Worldloppet races’ tracks: Race: Gatineau LoppetKm ready at the moment: 100% of 200 kilometres of trails for classical cross-country skiing, which includes over 125 kilometres of trails shared with skate skiers.Snow condition: Snow Base at P8 Parking Lot: 22.5 cm Temperature Min and Max (° C) – 3° C Expected temperature for the […]

Kowalczyk & Eliassen triumph at Birkebeinerrennet 2019

Like every year, thousands of cross-country skiing lovers honoured the legacy of the Birkebeiner warriors at today’s Birkebeinerrennet. The victories in 2019 go to Poland’s Justyna Kowalczyk & Norway’s Petter Eliassen. Norway’s biggest cross-country skiing race is also one of the biggest xc-events in the world and a highlight in the Worldloppet calendar. Like every […]