Author: Tinna Ólafsdóttir

The Norwegians Anikken Gjerde Alnæs and Magnus Waaler won the 50 km Fossavatn Walk 2024. About 300 competitors took part in the 50 km walk and faced challenging conditions this morning, but it was blowing briskly on the course and the weather gods regularly sent light showers over the area. More than 100 participants were registered for a 25 km walk...

Weather forecast from meteorologist Einar Sveinbjörnsson for the Fossavatn walk: Warming up thoroughly tonight and getting wet in the snow. Sleet and later rain tonight. At the same time, SSV also hisses. At 08 in the morning you can count on 10-14 m/s and the wind direction will be around 200°. The temperature at an altitude of 500 m will be around +3°C and +6°C in the lowlands. Overcast, but…

Did you finish walking today? Congratulations! You can pick up an acknowledgment document for participating in the 2023 Fossavatn Walk by going to www.timataka.net/fossavatn2023 and clicking on your name in the appropriate category. The document will then appear with the name, distance and time, ready for printing. Just finished your race? Congratulations! Participants can get a diploma for their participation...

The experts' fertilizer advice for the walks on Saturday are here: Everest — Swix The advice from Everest is based on test walks on Friday, April 14 at 08:00-12:00. GLIDE 1: Racing: Glide 2: Touring Grip: 1. Sandrub the basezone. 2. Apply a thin layer of KX20 Green Base klister – Cool it very well 3. KN44 Nero klister- let cool- VP50…

We remind you that tomorrow's schedule has been changed slightly from what was previously announced:• The start of the 50 km walk will be open at 08:00-08:30 • The start for 25 km and 12.5 km will be open 08:30-09:00 Just a friendly reminder that the starting times tomorrow have been altered a little bit:• The start for 50…

On Friday, March 14, there will be a reception for Worldloppet pass holders in Turnhúsin, Næstakaupstað on Ísafjörður. The reception starts at 17:00 and light refreshments will be available. Registration is unnecessary. Fossavatnsgangan is part of the international series Worldloppet. A Worldloppet pass can be purchased at the race office in Edinburgh House, and in it competitors collect stamps from the Worldloppet races they take part in. World race…

Competitors can now receive recognition documents for participating in the 2022 Fossavatn Walk by going to www.timataka.net/fossavatn2022 and clicking on their name in the appropriate category. The document will then appear with the name, distance and time, ready for printing. Participants can get a diploma for their participation in Fossavatngsgangan 2022. Follow this link: www.timataka.net/fossavatn2022, find your name in…

You can watch the goal in the webcam below. Of course, you can follow how the contestants are doing at https://timataka.net/fossavatn2022/ Follow a live-stream from the finish line below and check out contestants timing and scoring here: https://timataka.net/fossavatn2022 /

The waterfall weekend has officially begun! Today there was a competition in the Fossavatnskautin, a 25 km walk with a free method, FjöskilduFossavatn which is a 5 km walk and KrakkaFossavatn which is a 1 km walk. In the Fossavatnsskautin, the results were as follows: Women's category 1. Gígja Björnsdóttir (Iceland) – 01:21:38 2. Kristrún Guðnadóttir (Iceland) – 01:29:43 3. Katrín Sif Kristbjörnsdóttir (Iceland) – 01:32:24 Men's category...

The Icelandic company Tímataka.net takes care of timing our competitions. The results can be accessed in real time, but you can also see how the competitors are faring, including the estimated final time, at urslit.fossavatn.is. The timing flag is on the number, and the side of the number with the flag should face forward and be clearly visible when going…