The forecasts predict high temperatures and rain in the last days before the 100th edition of Vasaloppet. Now, the Vasaloppet organizing committee is preparing a few “plan B” solutions for the course that may be relevant.

“Half” of the Vasaloppet Winter Week is now completed. Tuesday’s Vasaloppet 45 was several degrees below zero and hard tracks. But since then, warmer weather has set in. During the day, there have been plus temperatures, and the forecasts now indicate that it will be plus degrees and rain in the days leading up to Sunday’s Vasaloppet.

Vasaloppet’s organizing committee has now prepared a few “plan B” solutions for the course.

The first is already on the starting line in Berga by:

“There is a small lake just before the road crossing. Right now, there are no problems to ski there, but if there should be problems, we will make a narrower corridor of about 30 meters to the left of the lake where the skiers can pass,” says Vasaloppet Sports Director Tommy Höglund at today’s Ski Classics Live Sessions.

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The second track change that may be relevant is on the Evertsberg lakes after about half the distance (about 45 kilometers from Mora, a kilometer before Evertsberg):

“There, the track goes over the ice. The ice is 50 centimeters thick, so there is no problem, but there could be water on it. Therefore, we have prepared today so that it is possible to ski close to the highway, so if necessary, we will lay the track there. But whether this is the case will be decided closer to the race,” says Höglund.

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Vasaloppet – Course Map and Profile

Vasaloppet – Ski Classics Pro Tour Event 11

• Date: March 3, 2024
• Distance: 90km Classic Technique
• Place: Sälen-Mora, Sweden
• Start Time: Women & Men 8:00 CET
• Number of SC Climbs: 1
  • First Hill: 3km
• Number of SC Sprints: 2
  • Smågan: 11km
  • Evertsberg: 47km 
• Website: Vasaloppet 
• SC Play: Vasaloppet 

More information about Vasaloppet can be found HERE and HERE

Vasaloppet – Video Highlights Season XIV

Ski Classics Pro Tour Season XV

The Season XV of Ski Classics Pro Tour consists of 15 events on 11 event weekends in 6 different countries. The season started in Bad Gastein, Austria, on December 9, 2023, and will end in Norway with the 100km Ski Classics Grand Finale Janteloppet on April 13, 2024.

Next up is Vasaloppet on Sunday, March 3. The 90-kilometer long-distance skiing race in classic technique marks the eleventh Ski Classics stage and another Grand Classics event, Season XV.

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Ski Classics Pro Tour Season XV (2023/2024)

• Event 1: December 9, 2023 – Bad Gastein PTT, Austria, 13km
• Event 2: December 10, 2023 – Bad Gastein Criterium, Austria, 36km
• Event 3: December 16, 2023 – La Venosta Criterium, Italy, 35km 
• Event 4: December 17, 2023 – La Venosta ITT, Italy, 10km
• Event 5: January 13, 2024 – 3 Zinnen Ski Marathon, Italy, 62km
• Event 6: January 20, 2024 – Engadin La Diagonela, Switzerland, 55km
• Event 7: January 28, 2024 – Marcialonga, Italy, 70km
• Event 8: February 11, 2024 – Jizerská50, Czech Republic, 50km
• Event 9: February 17, 2024 – Grönklitt Classic, Sweden, 60km
• Event 10: February 18, 2024 – Grönklitt ITT, Sweden, 13km
• Event 11: March 3, 2024 – Vasaloppet, Sweden, 90km
• Event 12: March 16, 2024 – Birkebeinerrennet, Norway, 54km
• Event 13: April 6, 2024 – Reistadløpet, Norway, 50km
• Event 14: April 7, 2024 – Summit 2 Senja, Norway, 60km
• Event 15: April 13, 2024 – Ski Classics Grand Finale – Janteloppet, Norway, 100km

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