News & Events

We´re going to open for registration today at 12:00 for the raceweek 2021. We´re expecting great days with lots of snow and much fun. We´re hopeful that by April next year we´ll be done with the corona virus

Dear Skier, We´ve now closed for the application of refund for the race 2020. We would like to remind you that this is a decision made be the OC of Fossavatnsgangan. No requests for refund send in after the closing of the special ...

The OC of Fossavatnsgangan has decided to close for application for refund for the race 2020, the coming 20th May 2020. Please bear with us that these things take time and after the closing time we will not be able to answer your request ...

Dear Skier,   We would like to inform you that we´re currently working on refund form for the race 2020. It will be send out in the coming weeks and we plan to finalize everything by the end of May. We´ll be ...

FOSSAVATNSGANGAN CANCELLED. Dear cross country skiers Due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the expected development of the disease here in Iceland for the next few weeks we have decided to officially cancel Fossavatnsgangan 2020. In ...

   FOSSAVATNSGANGAN 2020 The government of Iceland has imposed a wide range of restrictions on public life in the country, including a ban on all events with more that 100 participants. In several countries, including ...

We´ve decided to send out a press realease in regards of Fossavatnsgangan  2020.  We´re on full speed organizing the event, making this skiing marathon memorable for our visitors.   For the past few days we have ...

We´ve now closed for the registration in the 50 km race 2020 but we´ve still got open slots in the 12 and  25 km races. If you plan to sell your bib you can place an ad on our facebook ...

You can buy a ticket to the great Fossavatnsparty, in which a selction of various seafood dishes are availble. Dont forget that after the dinner we´re going to dance like crazy into the night.   Last year it sold out very ...

Fossavatnsgangan has signed a 3 years contract with Wild Westfjords, a tour operator located here in Ísafjörður. They offer various selections of tours and tickets to Fossavatnsgangan. Please visit their website here This ...

We’ve opened for registration for the race 2020. Sign up ASAP because we’ve only 700 slots available. Last year it sold out very fast. New thing this season is that Fossavatnsgangan has decided to go ‘green’ and ...

Next race will be on 16th -19th of Aprli, the weekend after easter.    Registration opens in the beginning of August.   Thanks for this year see you hopefully next year.

The first three ladies have now finnished their race in 50 km. Marine Dusser, France, is in first place, Sanna Soudunsaari, Finland in the second and finally Caitlin Gregg, USA in the third.  Congratulations to you all. 

All the racers have now started, all together 830 participants today. Everything is going as planned.

The results in 50 km men´s are clear. First place is Morten Eide Pedersen, Norway, 2nd runner up was Alexis Jeannerod, France and third Iivo Niskanen, Finland.

Here we have a map of the 21 km course that will be  use in the 25 km and 50 km race tomorrow. Tomorrow racers will go two 50 km circles. As before stated the course is quite diffrent from the original route, lets ...

The tracks have been groomed and are open untill 19:00. Buses are scheduled to the tracks from Torfnes at 12:00 and every other hour there after. Buses depart from starting area aprox. 30 minutes after departure from Torfnes. ...

Here you can see a map of the starting and finish area at Heidin, (Breiðadalsheiði)

Here you can see the course map for the 21 km race. 50 km will be 42 km, that is 2 X 21 km. 

Here you can see the new 21 km profile. It is not 100% correct and the course is changing every day. But at least it shows the outline of the course.   Compared to our usual track, we are starting at the usual 10 km mark of ...