9.2.2024 | Leisure
How good are you at skiing in the dark?
Text Mark Taylor
Photo Visit Estonia
![How good are you at skiing in the dark?](https://balticguide.ee/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/bg0119_30-31_Alutaguse-Maraton_f_visit-estonia_1-1024x682-1-650x433.jpg)
Ida-Virumaa’s Alutaguse Recreation and Sports Centre will host a cross-country skiing Marathon on February 10. However, the skiing event starts already on February 9, when a night marathon is organised. The race is part of the Estoloppet ski marathon series.
Friday evening’s (February 9) night races start at 8 pm, and are run over 21 and 10 kilometers distances. Because only 200m of the course is lit by electric lighting, the race is a real experience. Along the trail there will be fire pits, and places where you can drink warm water.
The prerequisite to participate in the race is to keep a fully charged phone with you throughout, and the organiser’s phone number must also be stored in your phone.
On Saturday (February 10), you can choose from either the 43-kilometer or a 21-kilometer races. The start of the marathon distance race will be at 11 am and the half marathon at 12 noon. On the same day, there will also be children’s and youth ski races, participation in which is free.
All of the race routes run through the forests of Kurtna, Estonia’s largest lake area. The starting and finishing areas, as well as changing facilities, are located in the Alutaguse Recreation and Sports Centre.
You can register for the races on Estoloppet’s own website.
To learn more about this and similar topicsAlutaguse
Alutaguse Cross-Country Ski Marathon
Estoloppet
Kurtna
Marathon
Skiing
Sport
9.7.2024 | Leisure
The Tall Ships Races will bring over 60 vessels to Tallinn
From July 11 to 14, Tallinn will host the popular annual Tall Ships Races, an international sailing event that … Read more
20.6.2024 | Leisure
Enjoy the UEFA European Football Championships in the open air
The European Football Championship are underway in Germany and will continue until July 14. With so much football in … Read more
6.6.2024 | Restaurants
Pärnu invites you to popular food event
Summer is all about sunny weather, tasty food, and good drinks. This coming Friday and Saturday (June 7-8) you … Read more
27.5.2024 | Leisure
Exciting events in Estonia this week
27.05–01.06, RUA Street Art Festival, Elva 29.05–02.06, Literature Festival “HeadRead”, Tallinn 31.05–02.06, Festival Kaera-Jaan, Vooremäe 31.05–02.06, Days of Narva, … Read more
25.5.2024 | Leisure
A road racing festival with a 40+ year history
For more than 40 years the annual Tartu Rattaralli road bike festival has brought thousands of riders to the … Read more
24.5.2024 | Leisure
A lowdown of the big events at the beginning of this summer
25–26.05 Kuressaare Street Festival At this annual festival, the streets of downtown Kuressaare are closed to traffic and replaced … Read more
24.5.2024 | Leisure
Rakvere kicks off the summer with a city festival
Rakvere will host the Summer Start Festival this Saturday, May 25. The event will feature three popular foreign artists … Read more
23.5.2024 | Restaurants
A food event for the whole family in Narva
At the end of spring, a lot of different outdoor events and spring markets for the whole family are … Read more