Spending less on your MLAU adventure
You are thinking about doing an Arctic Ultra for the first time and you are wondering about the kind of budget you need and how you can be cost efficient?…
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Official MLAU 2023 video documentary
2023 saw the second edition of the Montane Lapland Arctic Ultra. Whilst the year before temperature were rather "mild", this winter it got really cold. At - 35 degrees Celsius…
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Life by the waterfall
Please meet our amazing hosts at Jockfall - Robin and his parents Ann-Sofi and Hans. For those of you who are new to the Montane Lapland Arctic Ultra, Jockfall is…
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Details for MLAU 2024 Training Course
Per from Rimfrost Adventures who organises the official MLAU training course, confirmed the details for next winter. Feedback to the course from the last two years has been excellent. Once…
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MLAU 2024 will start March 3rd
With great pleasure I can announce today that the Montane Lapland Arctic Ultra 2024, our 3rd edition, will start March 3rd in Överkalix. Once again we will have the distances…
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Final race report MLAU 2023
March 5th, 2023 we started the 2nd edition of the Montane Lapland Arctic Ultra. After last year’s race I was wondering if I should change some of the rules regarding…
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Northern Lights – Swedish Lapland delivers …
MLAU 2023 volunteer Sarah being interviewed by Ted Logart from Swedish Lapland at our Laxforsberget Checkpoint during our first race night: View this post on Instagram A post…
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Sergio Minoggio from Italy wins 185 km race
Sergio Minoggio from Italy reached our finish line at the Grand Arctic Resort in Överkalix at 18:29 yesterday. That means it took him 56 hours and 54 minutes to win…
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Documentary about Katy Parrott’s MLAU 2022 adventure
Montane ambassador Katy Parrott came to participate in the MLAU 2022 last winter. It was her first big race after a pretty complicated knee injury. So, not only did she…
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Wind, snow and a fast race
The Montane Lapland Arctic Ultra 2023 started at the Grand Arctic Hotel in Överkalix at 09:35 this morning. The night before was windy and there was more fresh snow than…
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Entries to MLAU 2023 still possible
WE WANT YOU! Normally, entries to the MLAU 2023 would only be possible until tomorrow. Since our race roster is not full, we decided that athletes can still sign up…
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Fjällcom confirms partnership for 2023
Being able to track athletes has become an important thing in event organising. Not only does it allow us to see where everyone is but also all „dot watchers“ at…
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Winter is coming!
Finally, it's getting colder! A reminder that the second edition of the Montane Lapland Arctic Ultra is approaching. A big welcome to all athletes who have signed up so far!…
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2023 training course details
Once again, Per and his team from Rimfrost Adventures will be hosting the MLAU training course. It will take place immediately before the race and thus enable athletes to do…
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MLAU 2023 will start March 5th
It took a bit longer to set next year’s start date because there was a delay regarding confirmation of the timing for the Montane Yukon Arctic Ultra. Now that this…
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The MLAU 2022 documentary is out now!
It is here! The documentary of the very first Montane Lapland Arctic Ultra is now online 🙂 Thank you Silverbullet Film for the hard work while filming and the many…
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The first MLAU is history
So, this is it. My first winter of organising two Montane Arctic Ultras is coming to an end. What an experience it has been. After a challenging race in Canada…
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What a race!
We managed to be very active on social media but there has been little times for detailed updates here on the website. So, if you want to catch up on…
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The Montane Lapland Arctic Ultra 2022 has started!
We had an absolutely fantastic pre-race dinner last night at Jockfall and as if that was not enough, when we were done eating, all could see some really great Northern…
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Only 5 more days!
It has been a very busy few weeks. Many people here in the Heart of Lapland have joined forces to make sure the participants of the first Montane Lapland Arctic…
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Sveaskog supports efforts for MLAU trail
Sveaskog has got more than 800 employees throughout Sweden and is owned by the Swedish state. This company owns 14% of the forest land in Sweden, making them the country’s…
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Introducing Linnéa Isaksson, our race photographer
I am very happy to be able to introduce you to the official MLAU 2022 race photographer. Her name is Linnéa Isaksson. Linnéa is a full-time photographer, equestrian and traveler.…
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The making of an Arctic Ultra
Last winter Håkan Hjort and Ted Logart from Swedish Lapland filmed myself, Linnea Nilsson-Waara, Niclas Bentzer and Robin Landin during two days of checking trails and infrastructure for the first…
