The Course Experience
A stage race built around the land it crosses. Old farm tracks, parish roads, deep forest and open countryside, each stage showing a different face of Sweden: its terrain, its history, its quiet beauty.
Terrain You'll Cross
Deep forests
Soft pine-needle singletrack through old Swedish forest, where the only sound is your breath and the wind in the canopy.
Rivers and lakes
Quiet paths beside slow rivers and inland lakes, with wooden bridges, smooth granite and water reflecting the sky.
Runestone country
Open countryside dotted with thousand-year-old runestones, burial mounds and pilgrim paths that shaped early Sweden.
Heritage villages and country roads
Quiet gravel lanes, parish roads and falu-red villages, past wooden churches and farms still tied to the land.
Stage Profile
Each stage is roughly 30+ miles, varying in technicality and elevation. Early stages set the rhythm of multi-day running on rolling forest trails and country roads. The mid-race stages are the most demanding: longer, more remote, the deepest immersion in Sweden's inland wilderness. Final stages bring runners back through heritage country to a shared finish, with fika and hospitality waiting at the line.
Daily distance, elevation and aid-station spacing are published to confirmed runners well in advance, alongside training guidance and gear recommendations.
Why the Exact Course is a Secret
The exact route is held back until close to race day. Two reasons: protecting the wild character of trails and parish roads that benefit from low traffic, and protecting the sense of discovery for runners. Confirmed runners receive full route details, GPX, profiles and safety briefings, in time to prepare properly without losing the unknown.
A Course Designed Around the Land
Every stage is planned with local landowners, heritage stewards and conservation experts. We follow Allemansrätten, minimise impact, and route around sensitive habitats and seasons. Old farm tracks, parish roads and forest paths are chosen for their story as much as their challenge, so future runners can experience the same land, untouched.
Want to see the kinds of landscapes you'll run through? Visit our photo gallery.