INVITATION – FIS PARA CROSS COUNTRY

Beitostølen 22.-23. November 2024
This is the season opening for the Norwegian Ski Federation, and is an integrated event with the abled bodied.  

💥Competition Venue Information
Beitostølen Skistadium Stadionvegen 2, 2953 Beitostølen
The skistadium is located 21o km from Oslo Airport Gardermoen and is about 900m over sea level. Traveltime with car from the airport is ca 3,5 hrs.

👉 Simple Cafe where you can buy something to eat at the stadium
👉 There is no oppertunities for wardrobe or shower at the stadium

💥Local Transport
We recommend having a rental car during the competition period.

💥Accommodation
You will have to arrange food and accommodation on your own. Contact the hotels and make your own accommodation bookings. 
At Beitostølen there are a nuber of hotels, mountain lodges and cabins/appartements
Current places to contact ;
Beitostølen Resort – Hotell, appartemets and cabins in all sizes and price levels 1-2 km from the skistadium
www.beitostolen.com 
Beitostølen Resort is the LOC partner number 1;.
Contactperson: Ragnhild Bakken on e-mail; ragnhild@beitostolen.com or phone +47 61 35 14 24 / cellphone +47 913 68 960

Other options - that might be an cheaper option than the Hotel;
Beitostølen Bookingservice –
Cabins in all categories, variation from 4-28 beds. Distance from skistadium 100 m - 8 km
www.bookingservice.no 

Grønolen Fjellgard – hotel, appartements and cabins with great kitchen - 6 km from the skistadium
www.gronolen.no

Knuts Hyttegrend – cabins and appartements with 6-10 beds in quiet sourrundings ca 700 m from the skistadium
www.knuts-hyttegrend.no

Beitostølen Hytter & Camping – cabins with 2-10 beds ca 500 m from the skistadium
www.beitocamp.no

💥Food; 
There are three supermarkeds at Beitostølen and a some restaurents

💥Practical Information; 
In case of any changes, we have established this website to make it easy for everyone to keep being updated. 

👉 Question can be adressed to Anne Ragnhild Kroken,
E-mail: anne.kroken@skiforbundet.no
👉 During the competition period there will be an WhatsApp group for the  event. Link will be published here. 

👉 Test for fluor will be carried out, so make sure that you have done the right thing for cleaning all your skis for flour.
Link to Guide for Cleaning Methods;
https://assets.fis-ski.com/image/upload/fis-prod/assets/CleaningMethodsGuidelines.pdf

 💥Entries
Foreign athletes make the entries by the FIS System, deadline 14.11.24
National athletes make entry by Isonen 

💥Race office is open;
The race Office is placed at Idrettens Hus at the stadium
20.11 - 23.11.2024: 8 am - 14 pm 

👉 Entry fee: 170 Nok pr race
👉 Rental fee for timer chip: 100 NOK pr race. 
This has to be paid at the reacoffice.

💥TCM
Thursday 21.11.24 - 6 pm
TCM will take place at  Radisson BLU Resort Beitostølen

💥 Wax Cabins/Wax place
👉 LOC has 35 Waxcabins for rental
Waxcabin 15 m2            (16A connection)             Kr 6000 + tax
Waxcabin 30 m2           (16A connection)             Kr 9000 + tax
👉 Order the waxcabin via e-mail;  post@osil.no

Practical information: All waxcabin will be invoiced when ordering 
Earliest arrival; Wednesday 20.11.24

💥Parking 
Parking tickets is 100 NOK pr day, payment is cash – keep the money ready.
Parking for athletes and team staff will be in conceting with the stadium
There will be some reserved places near the startarea for the Para athletes. Cars with sitting athletes will have the priority
Map for parking will be publiched at the website

💥Course map

💥Competition Schedule 
This event is an integrated event with abled bodied
Full competition schedule for the whole event, you find here

💥COMPETITION SCHEDULE PARA (might be some small changes) 
👉 Friday 22th November
Sprint Classic all classes
11:30 - 12:30   Sprint classisk,Qualification
13:00                Sprint finals, Para 
👉 Saturday 23th November
09:15                Para sitting 5 km 
10:00               Para Standing/VI 10km classic

👉 Training times - Official Training
👉 Thursday 21th November   
 09:30-10:30   Offisiell trening, sprint klassisk 
11:00-13:00    Offisiell trening, distanse klassisk/friteknikk 
13:00-14:00    Offisiell trening, Sit-ski  

Prize ceremonies
💥 Times for prize ceremonies will be posted later

💥Start and Result lists
Will be published on the events website

💥Medical and Anti-Doping Information
Anti Doping
According to the FIS Anti-Doping Rules

Medical Service at the venue
According to ICR art. 221.

💥 Participant Insurance
With the issuance of a license to participate in FIS competitions and entry, the National Ski Association confirms that valid and sufficient accident insurance for training and competition is in place for the competitor and assumes full responsibility.
For more information please see art. 204.2 and 212 of the ICR

💥 Jury;
Chief of Competition; Torbjørn Broks Pettersen  - broks@olympiaparken.no
Ass Chief of Competition; Håvard Nyhagen - haavard.nyhagen@gmail.com
TD; Kenneth Holth