Forms for download
Registration
NB! All participants must personally register before race meeting.
Here the participant will:
- Enter list of chip numbers for dogs that are nominated for startup, in two examples. For 1200 km / 14-dog team max 16 dogs and to 600 km / 8-dog team max 10 dogs, junior 6-dog team max 8 dogs. Dog list – name and chip number at top of this site. This can also be done electronic from your signup profile.
- Submit your own Self-declaration signed with a personal signature from the musher and identity card. This can also be done electronic from your signup profile.
- Take the reserve food to the dogs for inspection and sealing
- Submit vaccination certificates for dogs, age and required vaccinations (see veterinary pages for further clarification). This can also be done electronic from your signup profile.
- All foreign mushers must submit documentation at the date of entry to Norway and approved vaccination – see information on the veterinary website and link to the Norwegian Food Safety Authority’s website
- Show an approved annual license from NHF for Norwegian participants. Foreign participants must show an approved license from their own country or insurance
At the race office you will be given the opportunity to pay the license to NHF. Mushers from other countries need licencs from their countrys federation.
Veterinary info
If you have any queries, contact Racevets: post@racevets.org
More in at Norwegian Sled Dog Association
Pre race check (mandatory)
Information about mandatory pre race check in Alta before race start will be posted later.
Finnmark race plaque
Everyone finishing the Finnmarksløpet for the first time gets a plaque in Altaskifer. The plaque is 35 x 45 cm with Finnmarksløpet logo invoked.
First-time musher: All are considered “Rookie” in the class they make until they have finished.
Checkpoints
Masi: Masi school FL-600
Handler free checkpoint. Sleeping rom for participants, must use their own sleeping mat. Simple kitchen with possibility of getting hot water in a thermos. Possibilities to heat up your own food. No café. Water for dogs is collected in buckets at a designated place at the checkpoint
Jergul: Jergul Astu FL-1200 and FL-600 You can rent a cabin if you are early.
There is access to a sleeping room with beds for the participant. Dry clothes and more in the sauna. The café is open 24 hours and you can buy dinner, waffles and other food. Limited access to the internet. Water for dogs is collected from the river at marked places.
Levajok: Levajok fjellstue FL- 1200 og FL-600
Sleeping cabins for participants. Dry clothes and more in the sauna. Café is open 24 hours and you can buy dinner, waffles and other food. Limited internet access. Water for dogs is collected from the river at marked places.
Karasjok: Scandic Hotel FL-1200 og FL-600
Access to sleeping room for participants. No possibility to dry clothes etc. The café in Karasjok does not sell food and drinks, but you can sit and eat your own food there. Scandic hotel sells dinner and breakfast during its opening hours. No internet access. Cold water for dogs is collected at the checkpoint.
Bonakas: Tana Videregående skole FL-1200
There is a sleeping room with mattresses for the participants. Possibility to dry clothes etc. 24-hour café with possibility to buy dinner etc. Cold water for dogs is available at the checkpoint.
Neiden I og II: Neiden fjellstue FL-1200
There are sleeping cabins for participants. Possibility to dry clothes etc. 24-hour café (limited dinner food for sale at night). Cold water for dogs is available at the checkpoint.
Kirkenes: Scandic Hotel Kirkenes – FL-1200
There is a sleeping room for the participants. Possibility to dry clothes etc. Scandic hotel has food service during its opening hours. Cold water for dogs can be collected at the checkpoint.
Varangerbotn: Varangerbotn samiske museum FL-1200
Sleeping room for participants (limited capacity). No drying facilities. Café at the church house. Cold water for dogs is available at the checkpoint.
Sirma: Grendehuset i Sirma. FL-1200
Sleeping room with mattress for participants. Café at the village house, open 24/7 No drying facilities. Cold water for dogs is available at the checkpoint.
Jotka fjellstue: FL-600, FL-1200, FL-Jr
Handler-free checkpoint. Staffed by FL volunteers.. Café with opening hours. Water is collected from the stream. Straw for dogs if you are going to have a rest here.
Accommodation: Sleeping rooms/cabins at the checkpoints will initially be reserved for mushers. Finnmarksløpet has no offers for mushers and handlers who want their own rooms/cabins. Separate bookings are recommended.
Accommodation
ALTA
Scandic
Thon Hotel Alta
Alta Strand Camping & Apartments
Altafjord Gjestegaard & Spa
Camp Alta
Alta River Camping
KAUTOKEINO
Thon Hotel Kautokeino
Arctic Motell – Kautokeino Camping
JEGUL
KARASJOK
Scandic
Karasjok Camping
Den Hvite Rein
Engholm Husky Design Lodge
LEVAJOK
TANA BRU
Elva Hotel & Camping
Tana Familiecamping
VARANGERBOTN
NEIDEN
KIRKENES
Depot
FL 1200
The participant handles the depotbags at Jøraholmen (Jorra samdrift) on Thursday, March 5, between 11:00 AM and 1:00 PM.
The bags are to be placed in designated containers. Make sure your bags are placed in the correct container. The bags should be labeled with a visible name. Participants must sign lists to confirm that the depot has been handed in.
Depot bags to be used at checkpoint Jergul must be brought in the support vehicle from the start. For other checkpoints, it is optional whether to deposit them in depot containers or carry them in the support vehicle along the way.
Depotbags that is going to be used at the checkpoints Levajok and Bonakas can be
delivered to the container marked Levajok.
Depotbags that is going to be used in Neiden 1 and Kirkenes can be delivered to the
container marked Neiden1.
Depotbags that is going to be to be used in Neiden2, Varangerbotn, Sirma, and Karasjok
can be delivered to containers marked Neiden 1 or Neiden 2
FL 600
Participants deliver the depot bag to be used at the Masi checkpoint in the container located at Skillemoen, at Pedersens varmeervice (the same place as the veterinary check) on Thursday, March 5th between 9:00 AM and 2:30 PM.
The bag should be placed in the designated container on the site. The bags must be labeled with a visible name. Participants must sign a list to confirm that the depot has been handed in.
It is allowed to send a maximum of one (1) bag up to 20 kg per participant to checkpoint Masi.
The depot to be used at all the other checkpoints must be brought in the support car from the start.
It is the individual mushers responsibility to put his depotbags in the right room on the car.
How to brand/pack your equipment
You should pack your equipment in the best possible way with solid bags, such as nylon bags, as these prove to be of the best and safest type in terms of strength and marking (you write directly on the bag). Our experience with the use of plastic or paper bags is that these are easily cracked and are not in any way recommended. Deposits that are not properly packed and marked with drive and full driving name may end up in other places than intended. Finnmarksløpet does not take extra trouble with bags that are sloppy packed and marked!
If you choose to use cooling bags, these should be of such a design that they can withstand hard treatment.
MARK YOUR EQUIPMENT WITH YOUR NAME AND NAME OF CHECKPOINT.
You should think that there are about 45 to 50 dogfood and equipment to be transported with the trailer, so pack and mark your bags properly.
It is not permissible to send flammable or harmful liquids with the storage bags.
LAST DELIVERY IS THURSDAY, 3 PM. IT WILL NOT BE POOSIBLE FOR DELIVERY AFTER THIS TIME.
Food drop leftover/left dogs
We kindly ask handlers to bring their own rest depot as well as left dogs from the checkpoints after the mushers has left, and that those who do not have handlers to deal with other handlers. Restdepot bags that are not packaged properly and marked with name will be considered as garbage.
Handler/handler car
Finnmarksløpet recommends that all participants have handler (s) and car that follow the musher from checkpoint to checkpoint. One handler per team must meet at the race meeting. There should be at least two drivers on each car. The car should have a dog box with space for the whole dog sled.
Map
It is mandatory to have a GPS with a map and marked trail. Download from the FL website.
(The GPS must be able to be operational (have power) throughout the race).
About the maps and the trail
The majority of the trail follows the old roadways/sled trails on the plateau which are marked with Finnmarksløpet own wood markers with red top and reflex.
At the mushers meeting, special information will be given about marking, difficult sections, etc.
Trail troopers travel with snow machines from all stations a couple of hours before the leading team and ensure that the markings are in place.
It is therefore an absolutely necessary qualification to take part in a race like this that you can navigate the terrain using a map and compass/GPS. A necessary qualification along the lines of being able to take care of yourself and your dogs out there, in a 3- to 4-day winter storm with up to hurricane force gusts.
| varri | = mountains |
| oaivi | = spots/mountains |
| cåkka (utt.tsjåkka) | = tind |
| jåkka | = river |
| njarga | = enjoyment |
| javri | = water |
| luobbal | = less water associated with a larger, often called “kjos” in Norwegian. |
| gurra | = narrow valley/gap |
| vuobmi | = (forest) valley |
FL tracks for GPS – download
Junior GPX: FL JR 2025
Junior GDB: FL JR 2025
600 GPX: FL 600 2025
600 GDB: FL 600 2025