EARLY BIRD REGISTRATIONS You have until this OCTOBER 31st, 2014 to save UP TO 40% on registration fees of the Gatineau Loppet (best price of the 2015 edition!) Make a group registration and get 10% off or also ski two races and receive a 25% discount (applicable to 27 and 51 55 km). REGISTER ONLINE NOW! SNOWSHOE RACES AT THE GATINEAU LOPPET ! Are you ready for a great snowshoe challenge? Again this year, the Gatineau Loppet has developed...
Cross Country Canada and the Gatineau Loppet announce the 2014 Canadian Long Distance Loppet Championships “We are fortunate to be able to partner with the Gatineau Loppet to introduce this exciting new event to our calendar”, commented Dave Dyer, CCC events director. “We are using the skate race for the Championships this season to balance the 50 km classic distance race at the Haywood Ski Nationals in Corner Brook. We will alternate each season, using a point to...
Winter is upon us and we are extremely pleased to announce that the first snowflakes have already fallen on Gatineau. Therefore, it is the the perfect time to prepare for the biggest cross-country event in Canada: the GATINEAU LOPPET.
In the second day of racing on Sunday at the Gatineau Loppet in Gatineau, Quebec, skiers tackled a 49 k freestyle course, and with some top local talent in the field, the fast, icy day was set to be exciting. In a hectic finishing flurry, home town boy Aidan Lennie of Ottawa, Ontario emerged victorious in a time of 2:07:52.1. Lennie was part of a close five-man finishing group, and crossed the line ahead of...
Bend-based XC Oregon skier and 2010 Pole Pedal Paddle champion Stephanie Howe won the 49km Gatineau Loppet cross-country ski marathon held near Ottawa, Canada on Saturday.
Felice Beitzel leads a different life than most PhD holders. Since the spring of 2009, the 29-year-old Australian has been the soigneur with the Giant Bicycle team, which means she spends half of the year traveling around the world with some of the best mountain bikers on the planet. The other half of the year, she travels around the world chasing her own podiums, on skis.
Gatineau, February 21, 2010 – Although more than 20 countries were represented at this year’s Gatineau Loppet, the podium’s top rung belonged to Canadians after nearly every run. On this second and last day of competition, several hundred cross-country skiers turned out to take part in the different free style races, that is to say the 10 km, 27 km and 49 km Bell. Today’s snow conditions were fast, and the 32nd edition ended with...