ECH-MD/LT: ORAVSKA LESNA

FISTC EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS- MD/LT 2010

Oravka Lesna (SK) 18 - 22 february 2010

Just after the succesfull European Championship Sprint in Donovaly, mushers had to drive only 85 km to reach Oravska Lesna where were organised the European Championships Middle and Long distance on 18 to 21 February 2010.

Oravska Lesna is a very nice new location where the nature is still wild, close to the Polish border. A very cold place too, with temperature like -16°C on Tuesday evening. All trails were in perfect conditions, long trails and quite tough also, good trails for a European Championship. Unfortunately, while on Wednesday morning we still had some -12°C, temperature jumped suddenly to + 9°C and it started raining...

On Friday morning at the first start, the trail was really tough due to the soft and wet snow. In these conditions the 43 km, that in reality corresponded to over 51 km/effort due to changes in altitude over the trail, represented more racing time than two normal heats on another trail. In addition during the night between Friday and Saturday, the longtrailers were sleeping with their dogs under a constant rain. The very poor weather conditions on Saturday morning as well as trail conditions obliged the race Marshal and the organisers to stop the race.

Final list results

MEDALS