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Sports and culture in Murmansk region during the Festival of the North - Prazdnik Severa. Traditional competitions like reindeer races and the famous cross-country ski-marathon. Taste the atmosphere of Russian Lapland and have an excursion to a real Atomic Icebreaker. kolatravel,cross-country skiing,skiing tours,northern festival,festival of the North,murmansk,murmansk region,ski marathon,reindeer races,nuclear icebreaker,atomic icebreaker,prazdnik severa

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Cross-country Ski Marathon details:

Marathon length: 50 km in free style cross country skiing.
Date: First Sunday in April. Start at 11:00 o'clock. The control post at the finish line closes 6 hours after the start.
Place: Dolina Uhyuta; Murmansk sport valley
Necessary documents for registration: Passport, registration form with signed statement that you are participation for own risk and consequences.
Closing time registration: 3 days before start!
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Murmansk Ski Marathon
+ skiing tour in Khibiny region

 

On the first Sunday of April the cross-country ski marathon for well-trained skiers starts as part of the Northern Festival named "Prazdnik Severa" in Murmansk.

This is a combined holiday of programs KTCS04 Ski tour in Khibiny Tundra as preparation on the tour KTCS11 Murmansk Ski Marathon 2011.


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Ski Marathon Northern Festival Murmansk program description:

Day 1, Saturday: Arrival in Murmansk airport. Transfer to a hotel in Monchegorsk (140 km). Check-in, dinner in Russian café and overnight in the hotel.
 
Day 2, Sunday: Breakfast at the hotel. This day we train and try-out our equipment in the surroundings of Monchegorsk close to Khibiny Tundra. Lunch during skiing day. Distance of skiing: 20 km (or more, if want). In the afternoon we will have a Russian shashlik party in the forest. Overnight in the hotel.
 
Day 3, Monday: Breakfast. Today we will meet our snowmobile guide whom takes care for luggage transport and we start our ski-tour with crossing Imandra Lake towards Khibiny Tundra to a small village named Imandra Station. Overnight in a country house in more person room. Distance of skiing: 25 km.
 
Day 4, Tuesday: Breakfast. We continue beside the foot of the mountains and change the lake area for a beautiful forest landscape. After a campfire lunch we will come in a valley which leads us to the centre of Khibiny Tundra. Dinner and overnight in a small wilderness hotel surrounded by mountains. Distance of skiing: 30 km.
 
Day 5, Wednesday: Breakfast at the hotel. First we ski to eastwards to have a beautiful view on the forest valley and then we ski through the valley to the South. Campfire lunch during tour. Dinner and overnight in Sanatorium Health hotel in twin room with shower and toilet. The evening can be spent with the additional services of the SPA; special showers, massage and other healthy and medical services. Distance of skiing: 25 km.
 
Day 6, Thursday: Breakfast. We continue our way westwards. Today will be the summit of the ski-tour! We ski through valleys to the famous Ramzai Pass, a cleft with high steep walls. We will ski in the desolate white world of snow plateaus surrounded by the highest mountains of Khibiny Tundra. Campfire lunch during way. Later we ski over the lake with lots of islands on the foot of the mountains. We stay overnight at the Tourist Base in Kislaya Bay in small wooden houses. Distance of skiing: 40 km.

Day 7, Friday: Breakfast. Transfer to Murmansk and check-in at the hotel. Lunch on your own in the hotel. At 2 PM a guide comes to the hall of the hotel to pick you up for excursion in the city and a harbour. Visit to the Naval Museum with its photographs, artefacts and models of the Northern Russian Navy. In evening a skating possibility in the Ice Palace. Dinner on your own in the hotel. Overnight at the hotel.
 
Day 8, Saturday: Breakfast. Training on the ski tracks close to the city in the morning. Pickup the start documents. Watching a reindeer racing competition or ice swimming competition on Semyenovskoe Lake which starts around 11 o’clock. In evening a skating possibility in the Ice Palace. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 9, Sunday: Breakfast. At 11 o’clock the ski Marathon starts. The guide brings you to the place and later will pick up to bring you back to the hotel because it’s quite long distance. The same day Lappish Games are in the same sport pot. In evening – a festive rewarding ceremony of winners of the Marathon on the central square. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 10, Monday: Departure. Transfer to Murmansk airport by taxi.
 
 

Marathon on Festival of the North in Murmansk
+ skiing in Khibiny region program details:

Tour Highlights:
• 50 km ski marathon
• ice swimming
• reindeer race competition
• 5 day ski-tour in Khibiny tundra
• Skating possibility in the Ice Palace
• Lappish Games
• Festive rewarding ceremony of winners
• Murmansk city tour
• Northern Navy Museum.
• Oceanarium.
• Excursion to Ship museum.
• Visit to reindeer pasture
Accommodation:
• 2 nights in standard class hotel incl. breakfast
• 1 night in simple house in more persons rooms
• 1 night in a wooden house in double rooms
• 1 night in a wilderness hotel in double or more persons rooms
• 1 night in standard class spa hotel incl. breakfast
• 3 nights in business class hotel in standard class rooms including breakfast
Level:
For well trained cross-country skiers
Group size:
From 4  to 12 persons
Duration:
10 days
Dates:
Starting one week before the Cross-country Ski marathon on Saturday and ends on the Monday after the Cross-country Ski Marathon in Murmansk
Price:
Prices on request. Click here for an offer!
Price includes:
•  Accommodation incl. breakfast
• Dinner on first day in Russian Café in Monchegorsk
• Three meals per day within the ski tour days 3-6
• Wilderness lunch and Shaslyck party at Day 2
• At least 2 times banya (sauna)
• Luggage transport by snowmobile within the ski-tour days 3-6
• Guide services for 8 days (days of arrival and departure are without guiding; transfer from\to airport by prepaid taxi.)
• Translation in German Language during visit Murmansk
• Excursion to the Navy Museum
• Visit to the Oceanarium
• All mentioned transfers
• Visa invitation
• Insurance
• Advance application made
• Registration fee for participation on the ski marathon 2009
• Rescue insurance (including helicopter evacuation in emergency case)
Additional:
• The travel to Murmansk.
• Participants need to bring own cross-country ski equipment, sleeping-bag.
• An equipment list will be provided at booking.
• Taxi from Murmansk centre to Murmansk airport: EUR 15,-- per taxi.
Optional:
• Skating in the Murmansk Ice Palace
    √ Entrance: EUR 3,-- per hour
    √ Skate rental:  EUR 3,-- per hour
• Transfer from/to airports in Finland or Norway: EUR 99,-- pp one way (5,5 hours)
• We can book for you also accommodations, excursions, activities in Finland, Norway, Karelia, Saint-Petersburg and Moscow or book yourselves via Booking.com.
• Booking  train / plane / bus tickets.
Documents:
Passport must be valid at least 6 months after date of return. A visa is required. We handle the tourist invitation.
Insurance:
• The participant must possess medical insurance that at very least covers the European part of the Russian Federation.
 

Program Overview

Cross-country skiing tours:

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Code

Name

Days

Group

Data (dd.mm.yy) Activity
KTCS04
Cross-country skiing tour to
Khibiny Tundra:

Guided ski tour and luggage transport. Total length: 140 km
Average daily distance: between 20 and 40 km per day.
8 4-12
From the second week of January weekly until end of April starting from Saturday to Saturday. Click here for asking start dates!
Skiing
Culture
KTCS11
Cross-country ski marathon
"Prazdnik Severa"
as part of the yearly Northern Festival Murmansk in end of March/ beginning of April
Marathon length:50 km in free style cross country skiing.
4 From
1
29.03 - 02.04.2012
Date of the Cross-country Ski Marathon: 01-04-2012
Skiing
Culture
KTCS13
Cross-country ski tour in Khibiny Tundra + Cross-country ski marathon Northern Festival Murmansk. This is a combination of program KTCS04 and KTCS11. Participate and win the First Price! 10 4-12
Starting one week before the Cross-country Ski marathon on Saturday and ends on the Monday after the Cross-country Ski Marathon in Murmansk
Skiing
Culture
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