ROAVVE POLAR ULTRA 300
Starting date:
Place: Rovaniemi. Lapland. Finland.
308 kilometers race.
Limit date to complete it: (5 days).
Three categories: on foot, by bike, with skis.
Race starts and finishes in Rovaniemi (main city in Finnish Lapland).
It takes the 150 kilometers of Rovaniemi150 Arctic Winter Race and then follows another 150 kilometers tour.
There is no mandatory checkpoints, only mandatory waypoints. Signed track.
To participate racers have to be finished other races such as:
Rovaniemi150, Susitna100, White Mountain100, Yukon Arctic Ultra135, etc. (see list or races by cliking here).
REGISTRATION OPEN 1
The Roavve300 entry fee is:
400 eur. for bikers, skiers and runners.
600 eur. for tandem.
Free registration fee for disabled athletes.
Roavve300, is a qualifying race for the Iditarod Trail Invitational (one of the most tough winter races in the world).
Roavve300 have two very different sections
First section of the track is the same as Rovaniemi150, so this section is very well signed and there is not need of GPS but the Satellite
Device tracker (mandatory) to do the check-in in mandatory waypoints. All mandatory waypoints in this first section match with the
Rovaniemi150 Checkpoints. This checkpoints have a limit time, so if you arrive when checkpoint is closed maybe you wouldn't find the tent but you can use the wood if you want to do a
fire.
Second section is quitte different, it follows an snowmobile track. There are signs, in some areas more than others. In some areas you will find very good snow conditions and in others maybe you find deep snow and also you will find other snowmobiles track crossing that all it do is confuse the right way... It all depends on how long ago snowed and when the last snowmobile went through there.
In the Map page you have all the information about the track in different formats to add it to your GPS. Also information about the Satellite Device tracker (mandatory).
DATES AND TIMES
Registration open 1
Registration closes on 1
Pre Race Meeting and Check-in mandatory gear: February th, in Pohjanhovi hotel at 16:00 h.
Race sign-in:
February begin at 08:00 h. at the starting point.
Race starts February at 09:00 h.
Race ends February at 09:00 h.
WEATHER AND DAY LIGHT HOURS
Temperartures: could reach or even exceed -30ºC
Light hours: from 08:00 to 17:00 approximately.