As some of you know, I've been using a Garmin and Sporttracks software this Winter to measure my cross-country ski trail workouts (see my tutorial). As I get ready for tomorrow's Mora Vasaloppet, if you only concern yourself with the distance of your workouts, you're missing the boat (or the trail ... in this instance!). Here is some intriguing data of different workouts from my Garmin . The measurement is feet climbed per kilometer (i.e. I took the entire ski and divided the total elevation climbed in feet by the distance travelled). The trails are listed in alphabetical and terms of difficulty. Finally, as I tend to focus on classic (not skating) my routes generally branch off onto the "classic only" trails.
See Head Cam photographs of the American Birkebeiner and the other races.
Note: For events with two data points, the second image will have the elevation measurements.
Last Updated: December 19, 2010
Alpha List
- After Hours (Brule River): 48.00 ft/km
- Birkebeiner 54 km Classic: 59.44 ft/km (data pt. 1 | pt. 2)
- Birkebeiner 50 km Skate: 52.27 ft/km (data point)
- Birkie Tour: 62.37 ft/km
- Boulder Lake (Duluth): 22.50 ft/km
- City of the Lakes Loppet: 43.92 ft/km (see image below for data)
- Elm Creek (Mud + Classic + Creek + Northern Lights): 32.84 ft.km
- Elm Creek (Valley + Northern): 42.10 ft/km
- Elk River Biathlon 6km: 58.29 (data point)
- French Park (Meadow + Skyline + Lagoon): 37.78 ft/km
- Lester / Amity Trails (8.25k classic outer loop): 44.00 ft/km
- Korkki Nordic (Two Harbors): 48.57
- Mora Vasaloppet (42 km classic): 30.67 ft/km (data pt.1 | pt.2 |pt.3)
- Mora Vasaloppet (35 km skate): 22.40 ft/km (data point)
- Nordic Spirit 25k Ski Race: 55 ft/km
- SnowFlake (Duluth: Intermediate Trail): 20.29 (data point)
Difficulty List
- Birkie Tour: 62.37 ft/km
- Elk River Biathlon 6km: 58.29 (data point)
- Birkebeiner 54 km Classic: 59.44 ft/km (data pt. 1 | pt. 2)
- Nordic Spirit 25k Ski Race: 55 ft/km
- Birkebeiner 50 km Skate: 52.27 ft/km (data point)
- Korkki Nordic (Two Harbors): 48.57
- After Hours (Brule River): 48.00 ft/km
- Lester / Amity Trails (8.25k classic outer loop): 44.00 ft/km
- City of the Lakes Loppet: 43.92 ft/km (see image below for data)
- Elm Creek (Valley + Northern): 42.10 ft/km
- French Park (Meadow + Skyline + Lagoon): 37.78 ft/km
- Elm Creek (Mud + Classic + Creek + Northern Lights): 32.84 ft.km
- Mora Vasaloppet (42 km classic): 30.67 ft/km (data pt.1 | pt.2 |pt.3)
- Boulder Lake (Duluth): 22.50 ft/km
- Mora Vasaloppet (35 km skate): 22.40 ft/km (data point)
- SnowFlake (Duluth: Intermediate Trail): 20.29 (data point)
And some City of the Lakes Loppet Garmin data (click to maximize view). Please note the distance! Apparently I shaved off some distance on some curves! (see my Garmin and SportTracks tutorial)
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