American Birkebeiner

Are you eager to challenge yourself in a new way? Do you want to discover what "Birkie Fever" is all about?

If you answered yes, the 39th annual American Birkebeiner® is the race for you...and NOW is the time to take the challenge, ski the adventure!

The 39th annual American Birkebeiner®:

• spans 50 kilometers from Cable to Hayward for Skaters, and 54K for Classic Skiers
• is North America's largest cross-country ski marathon
• attracts over 6,000 Birkie skiers and 11,000 skiers overall
• is part of the Worldloppet circuit of 15 international ski marathons and part of the American Ski Marathon series of 13 races.
• Click these links for more information about Classic Trail or the Race Course.

Visit the Race Info page for Birkie event details. Everything from bib pick-up to busing can be found in this section.

The American Birkebeiner has set a registration cap of 9,000 skiers for the 2012 Birkie and Kortelopet races. A cap of 400 skiers has been established for the Prince Haakon event. In addition, to the cap there is also an overall deadline of January 31, 2012 for the events. Skier registration will close upon reaching the cap or the deadline whichever comes first. The status of registration for the 2012 event will be reported in the Birkie's Carpe Skiem ezine as well as on the Birkie website home page.

We have reached our cap of 9,000 skiers registered for the Birkie and Kortelopet races, and registration is now closed.

IMPORTANT:  Qualifying Races
If you are planning on doing a qualifying race to improve your wave placement for the 2012 Birkie or Korte, please note that waves 1 through 5--skate and classic--are full, so the highest wave you can now qualify for is Wave 6.