Race packet

In your race packet you will find a tag with your wave number to be fastened at the back of your pack. Your bib must be visible throughout the race, chest straps to be tucked under the bib. Skiers with covered bib will be detained at the start or along the course. It is not allowed to start in another persons name. Identification may be requested.

There is also a personal time-recorder (chip and tape) and a baggage tags. Please use the baggage tags for all baggage that you deliver for the baggage transportation to Lillehammer Saturday morning.  

Time keeping

With your bib and race packet you will be given a chip, serving as your personal time-recorder. The chip must be fastened with enclosed tape around your left ankle. It must not be handet over to others.

Skiers without chip, or wrongly placed, will not have theire time recordet and will thus not figure on the result lists. The chip must be handles in immediately after the finish. Failure to do so will entain a fee og 250,00 NOK. The start time is real time for all waves except the elite starts and wave 1.

Clothing/rucksack

You should be dressed and equipped for the eventuality of serve mountain weather. All participants must carry a rucksack weighing at least 3,5 kilos throughout the race (bumpacks not allowed). The pack shall contain a windbreaker, food and drinks. Pack will be checked. It is your own responsibility that the pack has the prescribed weight at finish.

Licence/Insurance

Participants outside of Norway need to sign an athlete`s declaration form. You get the form when picking up your bib.     

Deadlines (Birkebeinerrennet only)

Participants that haven`t reached Skramstadsætra (9km) by 12.30, Kvarstad (27km) by 15.00 and Sjusjøen (40km) by 17.30 will for safety reasons be stopped and taken out of the race.

Cancellation

In the case of cancellation in advance of event day, the organiser may retain 50% of the entry fee to cover expenses.   

In the case of a decision by the organisers to move the event to another site on the same day, to cancel the event and then organise the event on a later date, or to move the event to another site on a different date: persons who are registered to participate on the original date but do not start on the new date are not entitled to a refund of any part of the entry fee.     

In the case of cancellation on event day due to weather/climatic conditions or other ”force majeure”, then the organiser will retain the entire entry fee.