Russialoppet

Russian series of long–distance races Russialoppet was founded in 1997 by the organizers of large events to promote the sport of cross-country skiing in Russia through the development of existing regional popular races.

Russialoppet unites major cross-country skiing marathons all over Russia and officially represents in Russia the international marathon skiing movement.

Russialoppet unites 28 ski marathons in 6 federal districts and the 7 most popular foreign marathons among the Russians. Each competition has its own unique history, traditions, program and takes place every year in the same period. Regularity and constancy are the basic principles of the Series.

Among the 28 Russialoppet marathons 6 are included in the FIS calendar, 2 races are members of Euroloppet, 1 competition is included in Worldloppet and the FIS Worldloppet Cup.

Russialoppet aims to give to each participant the opportunity to become a winner and offers ranking formats for different level skiers.

Organizers make their events available to all ski levels participants to attract professional skiers and athletes with disabilities, children and juniors, tourists and locals.