2018-12-17 09:55

Vasaloppet encourages travelling together

Vasaloppet's Winter Week 2019 has over 52,000 registered participants already, and now train and bus booking is really taking off as well. Vasaloppet offers several transportation solutions this winter, for example with buses to start locations. Those travelling via SJ trains to Mora are also offered a ten percent discount on their ticket price.

More and more people take the bus during Vasaloppet’s Winter Week. Last winter, 24,982 trips were made via Vasaloppet buses to the start and from the finish. Vasaloppet’s own bus organization, sponsored by Preem, makes things comfortable for participants and reduces traffic in the region.

Lots of people take the train to Mora and their Vasaloppet adventure. Once there you can get a bus to your start in Sälen or Oxberg. Thanks to Vasaloppet’s collaboration with SJ, participants are offered a 10 percent discount on their trip (21/2–3/3) when using the booking form on Vasaloppet’s website. Participants can lean back in their seat on the train, relaxing and preparing for their race or recharging on the way back home.

”Taking the train to Mora is a comfortable and environmental way of travelling to Vasaloppet. We encourage both participants and spectators to do so and give a 10 percent discount to anyone making a good environmental choice by taking an SJ train to Vasaloppet’s Winter Week,” says Mattias Tappert, responsible for commercial partnerships at SJ.

The booking page, where you can book travel, accommodation and wax service

Upcoming events in the Vasaloppet Arena

Vasaloppet Winter Week 2019
Fri 22 Feb: Kortvasan. 30 km. Start Oxberg.
Sat 23 Feb: Tjejvasan. 30 km. Start Oxberg.
Sun 24 Feb: Ungdomsvasan. 9/19 km Start Eldris/Hökberg.
Sun 24 Feb: Öppet Spår Sunday. 90 km. Start Sälen.
Mon 25 Feb: Öppet Spår Monday. 90 km. Start Sälen.
Tue 26 Feb: Halvvasan. 45 km. Start Oxberg.
Fri 1 Mar: Stafettvasan. 9–24 km. Five-person teams. Start Sälen.
Fri 1 Mar: Nattvasan 90. 90 km. Two-person teams. Start Sälen.
Fri 1 Mar: Nattvasan 45. 45 km. Two-person teams. Start Oxberg.
Sat 2 Mar: Blåbärsloppet. 9 km. Start Eldris.
Sun 3 Mar: Vasaloppet. 90 km. Start Sälen. 

Vasaloppet’s Summer Week 2019
Fri 11 Aug: Cykelvasan Öppet Spår. 94 km. Start Sälen
Fri 11 Aug: Cykelvasasprinten. 1 km. Lindvallen, Sälen (Open qualifier on Thursday)
Sat 10 Aug: Cykelvasan 90. 94 km. Start Sälen
Sun 11 Aug: Cykelvasan 30. 32 km. Start Oxberg
Sun 11 Aug: Ungdomscykelvasan. 32 km. Start Oxberg
Sun 11 Aug: Cykelvasan 45. 45 km. Start Oxberg
Sat 17 Aug: Ultravasan 45. 45 km. Start Oxberg
Sat 17 Aug: Ultravasan 90. 90 km. Start Sälen
Sat 17 Aug: Vasastafetten. 4,5–15 km. Running relay for ten-person teams. Start Sälen
Sat 17 Aug: Vasakvartetten. 19,1–24,2 km. Running relay for four-person teams. Start Sälen

 

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