The Ski Classics ends Season XVI with a back-to-back Pro Tour event weekend with Reistadløpet on Saturday, March 29, and the Grand Finale Summit 2 Senja on Sunday, March 30, 2025.
The final Ski Classics Pro Tour weekend Season XVI starts on Saturday, March 29, 2025, with the 46 km-long Reistadløpet, the season’s 13th event and one of the circuit’s most demanding courses.
The 46-kilometer long-distance race starts in Setermoen, in the municipality of Bardu in Norway, and goes through arctic landscapes and mountain tops before reaching the finish line in Bardufoss in the municipality of Målselv.
The course has challenging mountain climbs, but the scenery is breathtaking. So far, only Johan Hoel, Team Ragde Charge, has won the race by only double poling; this is in Season XV (2024).
Also Read: Impressive race for Hoel – First ever Reistadløpet double poling win!
Reistadløpet is already a true classic race in the Ski Classics Pro Tour series. It’s an epic course, with the Orta Climb also being an Iconic climb, one of the four in the Pro Tour. After Orta, the mountain opens, and when passing the Folkfest at Kampenhytta, most skiers probably get goosebumps before heading down to the finish line in Bardufoss.
Also Read: Reistadløpet continues Season XVI in Norway
Reistadløpet – Ski Classics Pro Tour Event 13
- Date: Saturday, March 29, 2025
- Location: Setermoen-Bardufoss, Norway
- Distance: 46km Classic Technique
- Start Time: 10:00 CET for Men and 10:05 CET for Women
- SC Sprints: 1
- Storlømyra: km 5
- SC Climbs: 1
- Orta (Iconic Climb): km 13
- Total Ascent: 1225m
- Last Edition Winners: Astrid Øyre Slind (2:20:32.7) and Johan Hoel (2:01:15.3)
- Website: Reistadløpet
- SC Play: Reistadløpet
More information about Reistadløpet can be found HERE and HERE
Course Map and Profile
Ski Classics Grand Finale Summit 2 Senja
The Ski Classics Grand Finale Summit 2 Senja is the 14th and final event of the Pro Tour Season XVI, where the Pro Team athletes and their Pro Teams will be present to celebrate the end of the season on Sunday, March 30, 2025.
The 60-kilometer long-distance race starts in Bardufoss and ends in Finnsnes, passing through fantastic landscapes. Summit 2 Senja is a race from the mountains to the fjords involving two more municipalities, Sørreisa and Senja.
The Grand Finale Summit 2 Senja was introduced to the Pro Tour during Season XIV, and already in its first edition, the event has garnered recognition and acclaim, having been awarded the title “Best Event of the Year” in Ski Classics.
Also Read: Summit 2 Senja – Best event of the Season XIV
The story continues below!
Grand Finale Summit 2 Senja – Ski Classics Pro Tour Event 14
- Date: Sunday, March 30, 2025
- Location: Bardufoss-Finnsnes, Norway
- Distance: 60km Classic Technique
- Start Time: 8:30 CET for Men and 8:35 CET for Women
- SC Sprints: 1
- Johannesmyra: km 11
- SC Climbs: 1
- Magdaskaret (Iconic Climb): km 55
- Total Ascent: 1357m
- Last Edition Winners: Magni Smedås (3:10:33.0) and Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget (2:45:08.0)
- Website: Grand Finale Summit 2 Senja
- SC Play: Grand Finale Summit 2 Senja
More information about the Grand Finale Summit 2 Senja can be found HERE and HERE
Course Map and Profile
Also Read: The Grand Finale Summit 2 Senja ending Ski Classics Season XVI
ICONIC CLIMBS
The Iconic Climbs give an extra spark to the most challenging climbs in Ski Classics. For Season XVI, there will be four Iconic Climbs. This weekend, it’s time for the third and fourth Iconic Climbs of Season XVI: Orta Climb in Reistadløpet and the Magdaskaret Climb in the Grand Finale Summit 2 Senja.
The Iconic Climb, launched during Season XIV, is a category in the Ski Classics points table. The category is used for the most iconic climbs of the Ski Classics Pro Tour.
The idea for the Iconic Climb category is that all climbs differ; some are tougher, and some have more history behind them. Ski Classics wants to enhance the interest around the climbs and reward the strongest athletes slightly more.
The Iconic Climb points are 50% higher than a 100% points Climb. Winners get 45 instead of 30 points in the Climb competition.
For Season XVI, there will be four Iconic Climbs. First, it is up to Cascata, the last hill to Cavalese in Marcialonga. The second Iconic Climb is Raudfjellet, the first long hill in Birkebeinerrennet.
The third is the Orta climb in Reistadløpet and finally is the Magdaskaret Iconic Climb in Summit 2 Senja.
ICONIC CLIMBS SEASON XVI
Event: Marcialonga – Ski Classics Pro Tour Event 6
- Date: January 26, 2025
- Climb: Cascata, from 830 to 990m above sea level, is 2 kilometers long, and the most challenging thing is that it starts after 68 kilometers.
Event: Birkebeinerrennet – Ski Classics Pro Tour Event 11
- Date: March 15, 2025
- Climb: Raudfjellet, from 300 to 880m above sea level, 19 kilometers long. It’s not the steepest climb, but it is often very high-paced already from the start.
Event: Reistadløpet – Ski Classics Pro Tour Event 13
- Date: March 29, 2025
- Climb: Orta, from 136 to 575m above sea level, 6 kilometers long, with many very steep sections and short flats in between.
Event: Grand FinaleSummit 2 Senja – Ski Classics Pro Tour Event 14
- Date: March 30, 2025
- Climb: Magdaskaret was the new Iconic Climb for Season XV. The climb is decisive at the Grand Finale, and this year promises the same excitement.
Ski Classics Pro Tour Season XVI (2024/2025)
Next up is Reistadløpet on Saturday, March 29, and the Grand Finale Summit 2 Senja on Sunday, March 30. The events mark the 13th and 14th and final Ski Classics Pro Tour events of Season XVI.
Season XVI of the Ski Classics Pro Tour consists of 14 events across 10 event weekends in 6 countries. It started in Bad Gastein, Austria, on December 13, 2024, with the Pro Team Presentation and ends in Finnsnes, Norway, with the Ski Classics Grand Finale Summit 2 Senja on March 30, 2025.
Ski Classics Pro Tour Season XVI (2024/2025)
- Event 0: Friday, December 13, 2024 –Ski Classics Pro Team Presentation XVI – Bad Gastein, Austria
- Event 1: Saturday, December 14, 2024 – Bad Gastein ITT – Sportgastein, Austria, 7km
- Event 2: Sunday, December 15, 2024 – Bad Gastein Criterium – Sportgastein, Austria, 36km
- Event 3: Saturday, January 11, 2025 – 3 Zinnen Ski Marathon – Sexten, Italy, 60km
- Event 4: Sunday, January 12, 2025 – La Venosta ITT Kapron-Melago – Val Venosta, Italy, 11km
- Event 5: Saturday, January 18, 2025 – Engadin La Diagonela – Pontresina-Zuoz, Switzerland, 43km
- Event 6: Sunday, January 26, 2025 – Marcialonga – Trentino, Italy, 70km
- Event 7: Sunday, February 9, 2025 – Jizerská50 – Bedřichov, Czech Republic, 50km
- Event 8: Saturday, February 15, 2025 – Grönklitt Criterium 61 – Orsa Grönklitt, Sweden, 61km
- Event 9: Sunday, February 16, 2025 – Grönklitt ITT – Orsa Grönklitt, Sweden, 13km
- Event 10: Sunday, March 2, 2025 – Vasaloppet – Sälen-Mora, Sweden, 90km
- Event 11: Saturday, March 15, 2025 – Birkebeinerrennet – Rena-Lillehammer, Norway, 54km
- Event 12: Saturday, March 22, 2025 – Marcialonga Bodø – Valnesfjord, Norway, 50km
- Event 13: Saturday, March 29, 2025 – Reistadløpet – Setermoen-Bardufoss, Norway, 46km
- Event 14: Sunday, March 30, 2025 – Grand Finale Summit 2 Senja – Bardufoss-Finnsnes, Norway, 60km
More information about the Ski Classics Pro Tour can be found at skiclassics.com
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