Cooperation with spanish long distance club
Amundsenrace have started a cooperation with the spanish long distance club Mushing Surfingpets infront of Amundserace 2018. Mushing Surfingpets aimes to get several of the musher in the clubb going to Sweden for training for a period in preparation to Amundsenrace. We from Amundsenrace are happy
Amundsenrace 2018
The date for Amundsenrace 2018 is now determined to 22-25th of february 2018. New for 2018 is that the race will start at friday and hopefully we can be back in the beautiful surroundings in Strömsund where teh race stated in 2013 and 2014. The race distance will be app. 300 km and spilt into [&he
Thank you for Amundsen Race 2017
From the organization we like to send a big thanks to all participant, audience, collaborators, sponsors and volunteers for a well done Amundsen Race 2017. We got mostly postive comments at the mushermeeting directly after the finish, but allso valuable comments how to improve future races. We will
Winner of Amundsen Race 2017 8 dog team
Romain Grenier Photo by Eva Mårtensson
Winner of Amundsen Race 2017 12 dog team
Jean Philippe Pontier Photo by Eva Mårtensson
Last team in!
At 02.31 on Monday morning, German musher Jana Conradi crossed the finish line. She said the trip had been a long one and she was happy to end the race. There are now no team left on the trail and the race organizers can go to bed with a good conscience. In the evening awaits […]
Exciting last leg!
When the teams will leave Storåbränna 2, the equalization time has been added to their resting time, which means that the first team on the trail is also in the lead. According to calculations for the 12 dog team class, Jean Philippe Pontier will be allowed to leave the checkpoint after 10.58, wh
Important jobs
What would a race be without its volunteers? Amundsen Race is known for its hard working and happy volunteers. There are hectic times when many teams are on the way in or out at the same time and there are times when the volunteers mostly sit outside waiting in the winter night.
Last team to come in
According to the GPS-system Track You, Kevin Koene from the Netherlands has passed Styggråkojan, which means that he has less than 10 km to go before both dogs and musher get to rest. Kevin is racing in a long distance competition for the first time and his answer to the question what he likes abo
First race
Arnt-Magnus Gamst with bib number 19 is a Norwegian musher who is racing in a long distance competition for the first time. Here he has put out straw for the dogs to lie on and jackets will keep the dogs warm as the temperature is now showing – 8° C.