Date: December 19, 2021
Place: Orsa Grönklitt, Sweden
Distance: 43 km Classic technique
Active years: New edition
Record number of participants: New edition
Highest peak and total climb: Individual Prologue 559 m/575 m
Number of VSC sprints/climbing points: 2 / 2
Start times: 9:15 CET for women and 10:50 CET for men
The Orsa Grönklitt Prologue is a 43 km mass-start race on Sunday, the day after the Pro Team Tempo event. The Sprint and Climb competitions start here with several chances to collect valuable points for the season. For the Champion competition, the standard points will apply, but for the Sprint and Climb competitions skiers will get 50% of the standard points.
Orsa Grönklitt is located about 30 kilometers north from Mora, the finish town of Vasaloppet. It is a popular winter sports resort with well-groomed cross-country ski tracks through beautiful forests and downhill slopes of all difficulty levels. Moreover, visitors have a chance to ski next to Polar bears, tigers or some of the other non-hibernating predators in the ”Orsa bear-park”. In the summer, one can enjoy the beauty of the nature by trail-running, mountain-biking, paddling on Rädsjön and just relaxing in the midst of the Swedish wonderland.
