News & Events

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 ...

We have decided the dates for next years races. 2019 - May 2-4th 2020 -  April 16-18th 2021 -  April 15-17th 2022 -  Marsh 30th - April 2nd   These are other dates then earlier presented. Global warming ...

  As you may have heard, the winter has been exceptionally mild here in Iceland. As a result of this, we no longer have any snow at our regular start and finishing area. Therefore, Fossavatnsgangan will be opperatet according to our ...

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We´ve decided to allow families with children to participate in the Fossavatnsparty on the condition that children under 18 years of age must leave the premises no later than 22:00.    

Dont be late, buy a ticket to our very popular Fossavatn Party on Saturday May 4th, a selection of great fish dishes from our local area. We will also serve 1x dish, vegetarian and 1x dish  of meat casterole a la Hótel ...

On Thursday afternoon two days before the main event the 25 km skate is scheduled. The skate event is becoming more and more popular every year with over 100 registered at this point. The race is in the afternoon, start goes at 17:30 so the ...

Its now sold out in the 50 km race 2019, 700 people have registered for the next Fossavatnsgangan. You must be prepared for the race 2020 and sign up when we open for registration August 1st 2019.