Exciting 12 dog team class
The fastest teams in the 12 dog team class are now resting at the checkpoint Norråker 2 before going out on the last stretch of the race leading back to Strömsund, which is 103 km long. An exciting finish awaits! French musher Daniel Juillaguet will be the first one allowed to leave the checkpoint
Swedish championship longdistance 2018
During the night the Swedish mushers arrived at Chp. Norråker 1. In 12 dog team it’s Nr 5 Håka nIsula, Nr 18 Martin Gröger and Nr 22 Marco Wyss who’s figthing for the championship. In 8 dog team we have 5 mushers nr 26 Cia Sundqvist, nr 30 Petra Kunz, nr 31 Linda Ahnlund, nr […
Last team has left Gubbhögen
At 05:24 the last team nr 4 kevin Koene left the wilderness checkpoint Gubbhögen and the checkpoint is closing. Nr 8 Lucinda Mol choose to scatch by a roadpass before Gubbhögen and will be picked up. Foto by Mascha Verweij
Fast 8 dog team
Petra Kunz, who competes for the local club Norråker IF, has a good speed on her dog team and is the first musher in the 8 dog team class to arrive in Norråker 1, which is the second checkpoint in the race. According to the volunteers in place, she was very happy! Now awaits a […]
Update on the GPS tracking
After several attempts and contact with the producer of the system we are not able to get the trackers working for all the mushers. During the evening we have tested the reserv trackers (app. 20 pieces) and only 5 of them were working. We ran a test on thursday and got connection and okay on [&helli
Pictures of the race
Experience the atmosphere when the race started thanks to our photographers! Pictures from the race will be downloaded all through the week end on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/amundsenrace/. Find the Flickr icon on the left hand side at the bottom of the web page.
News from Gubbhögen
The first teams have now arrived and left Gubbhögen. Spanish musher Salva Luque was the first one to arrive at 22.55, followed by French musher Daniel Juillaguet and Bernhard Klammer who competes for Finland. Swedish musher Håkan Nisula is there right now.
Wilderness checkpoint in Gubbhögen
Here in Gubbhögen, about 85 km into the race, a wilderness checkpoint has been set up so the dog team can stop for a while and have a rest before continuing towards the second checkpoint, which is 35 km away, at Norråker Park. As only water and straw are provided at the wilderness checkpoint and [
GPS tracking
Right now several of the GPS trackars havn’t contact, we’re working to solve it. All teams started as planed and they are on trail to Gubbhögen. Result will be updated during the race.
The race starts soon!
The Amundsen Race starts today at 17.30 in Strömsund and you can follow the race by updating the website and the klick on RESULTS. There you can follow how each team in the 12 and the 8 dog team class is doing, or you can see how the teams are chasing each other on the […]