Cross-country skiing : thirteen events over nine weekends of competition
The 2025/2026 Ski Classics season kicks off on 13 December in Bad Gastein, Austria. This year, the international long-distance cross-country skiing circuit will feature thirteen events spread over 9 weekends in 6 different countries.
The season will kick off in Austria with the Pro Team Tempo, which returns to the Pro Tour calendar after a one-year hiatus. Another new format will be on the programme, as the sixth event, with the sprint in Bedrichov (Czech Republic) on 30 January.
After a break in February for the Winter Olympics, the seventeenth season of the Ski Classics circuit will resume in Sweden with the legendary Vasaloppet on Sunday 1 March 2026. Then it’s the turn of another new format on 7 and 8 March with the Grönklitt 50k ITT, the very first 50-kilometre individual time trial in the history of the Ski Classics Pro Tour.
The cross-country skiers will then head to Norway for the Birkebeinerrennet(14 March), the Marcialonga Bodø (21 March) and the Reistadløpet (28 March). The winter season closes on 29 March with the Summit 2 Senja.
The complete Ski Classics 2025/2026 calendar
- Event 1: 13 December 2025 – Bad Gastein Pro Team Tempo, 7 km 🇦🇹
- Event 2: 14 December 2025 – Bad Gastein Criterium, 36 km 🇦🇹
- Event 3: 17 January 2026 – Engadin La Diagonela, 55km 🇨🇭
- Event 4: 25 January 2026 – Marcialonga, 70 km 🇮🇹
- Event 5: 30 January 2026 – Bedrichov Sprint, 1.5 km 🇨🇿
- Event 6: 1 February 2026 – Jizerská50, 50 km 🇨🇿
- Event 7: 1 March 2026 – Vasaloppet, 90 km 🇸🇪
- Event 8: 7 March 2026 – Grönklitt 50 km ITT Women, 50 km 🇸🇪
- Event 9: 8 March 2026 – Grönklitt 50 km ITT Men, 50 km 🇸🇪
- Event 10: 14 March 2026 – Birkebeinerrennet, 54 km 🇳🇴
- Event 11: 21 March 2026 – Marcialonga Bodø, 50 km 🇳🇴
- Event 12: 28 March 2026 – Reistadløpet, 46 km 🇳🇴
- Event 13: 29 March 2026 – Grand Finale Summit 2 Senja, 60 km 🇳🇴
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