Vasaloppet
Vasaloppet takes place Mar 7, 2027 (Vasaloppet Week runs the preceding week) in Salen to Mora, Sweden. The dress code is Cross-country race kit - lycra base layers and a light windproof - for participants; genuinely warm winter layers for spectators standing in a Dalarna forest. Typical cost ranges from 700 to 1900 EUR per person.
The world's oldest and largest cross-country ski race: 90 km of classic technique from Salen to Mora, commemorating Gustav Vasa's 1520s ski journey. Around 16,000 skiers start the main Sunday race, which is broadcast live and watched nationally, and it anchors a full week of shorter and open races. Finishing it is a Swedish life achievement rather than just a sporting result.
- When
- Mar 7, 2027 (Vasaloppet Week runs the preceding week)
- Where
- Salen to Mora, Sweden
- Dress code
- Cross-country race kit - lycra base layers and a light windproof - for participants; genuinely warm winter layers for spectators standing in a Dalarna forest.
- Cost
- Typical cost ranges from 700 to 1900 EUR per person.
- Weather
- -10 to 2C, snow-covered forest and lakes, occasionally much colder at the 08:00 start
- When to book
- Registration opens well over a year ahead and the Sunday 90 km sells out fast; the shorter Vasaloppet Week races stay open far longer
- Getting there
- ARN (Stockholm Arlanda), about 4 hr by road to Mora; Mora-Siljan (MXX) has limited domestic service and extra trains and coaches run for race week
- Where to stay
- Mora Hotell & Spa, Green Hotel, Tallberg, Hotell Gustaf Wasa, Mora
- Official site
- https://www.vasaloppet.se/
How to attend
Enter online at vasaloppet.se. The 90 km Sunday race is capped and sells out quickly when registration opens, with places allocated by early registration, so set a reminder more than a year ahead. The shorter Vasaloppet Week races (Oppet Spar, Halvvasan, Tjejvasan and others) are far easier to get into and use the same course. Spectating anywhere along the route and at the Mora finish is completely free.
Insider tip
The blueberry soup handed out at the Smagan and Evertsberg feed stations is a Vasaloppet institution, and the Mora finish arch is worth walking to even if you are not racing.
Get inside Vasaloppet
Booking matters here: registration opens well over a year ahead and the Sunday 90 km sells out fast; the shorter Vasaloppet Week races stay open far longer. Members track that window, what it really costs, and 573 more events across the season.
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