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German Thomas Bing won the 50 km Fossavatns Walk in 2025.

Weather Mixed precipitation tonight, Friday, rain, sleet or snow. Cools, lowers and shortens into the night. Partly cloudy but clears completely during the day tomorrow. Frost in the mountains early in the morning but quickly creeps above freezing during the day. Remember sunscreen! On the front page here on the website you will see links to weather stations that the march has set up at key locations.…

A thrilling final sprint decided the winner of the men's Fossavatnskátur earlier tonight. Einar Árni Gíslason was a minute behind Degur Benediktsson and Snorri Einarsson after the first intermediate time, but caught them in the second intermediate time. The three of them came burning down Eiríksmýri and after the Bankiskórja turn it became clear that Einar would have Dag and Snorri. In the women's category…

It has been quite cold in Skutulsfjörður the last few days and the next few days will be even colder. Saturday night will freeze, however, and glorious weather is expected on Saturday. The trail managers have made their decision and the situation in the hiking area is such that it will not be possible to walk the 50 km loop, but will instead be two 25 km…

We have been going through the 90-year history of the Fossavatnsgöngunn and paid special attention to one thing. That is, over the years the walk has never been canceled. Sometimes, like in 2019 (see photo), the walk has been moved up to Breiðadalsheiði, and sometimes the route has been changed, but there is always enough snow.…

Norwegian ski cross-country skier Anders Aukland has announced his arrival at the Fossavatnsgöngun next April. Aukland has an impressive career behind him, including being part of the Norwegian relay team that won gold at the 2002 Olympics and the 2003 World Championships. He has reached the podium thirteen times at World Cup events and has won three of the world's most prestigious ski cross-country events, the Vasagöngungun, the Birkibeinagöngungun and…

Ágúst Atlason and his family are the family photographers of the Fossavatnsgang. All the photos they took are available on the website Gusti.is, where you can buy the photos in high resolution.

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...

Fossavatnsgangan has signed an agreement with Ski Classics' management company, WSAB, for a live broadcast from the 2024 Fossavatnsgånginn.