Every year in the 11th week the Polardistans is running. The trail length is about 320 km with three checkpoints : (start) 45 km (A), 90 km (B, 6 hour layover), 65 km (C), 30 km (B), 85 km (B), 5 km (finish).There is also a shorter version of the race for people which just want to try this type of racing.
The terrain is mostly rolling with some steep down- and uphills, the trail is marked and broken during the week before the race and then left as is. It provides an interesting and often spectacular view, running through dense forest, swamp areas, wide open forest, over lakes, along mountain valleys, climbing mountains above tree line, crossing rivers, forest roads and highways. The trail itself runs mostly on some narrow and often forgotten (i.e. hardly travelled) snowmobile trails. Outside the dense forest areas the trail may actually be hidden by drifting snow.
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