Already 4500 skiers set to participate in the 37th Finlandia-Hiihto

There is already 4500 enthuastic cross-country skiers from 25 nations set to participate in the 37th Finlandia-Hiihto, which will take place February 27-28th.

“We aim at having 6000 skiers finishing the Finlandia-Hiihto this year. The legendary Juha Mieto will again be one of the forerunners”, says Matti Haapoja, director of Finlandia-Hiihto.

The winter in Lahti area has been better than in 10 years. It was snowing in Lahti past weekend, which made the chief of course Jukka Lehtinen happy.

“Having that snow is good news for the Finlandia-Hiihto course. So far everything looks good. We will be grooming the trails during the next two weeks, and in two weeks we will start making snow for areas still needing more of it. There will always be some, like the Messilä station area”, says Lehtinen.

Finlandia-Hiihto is part of Vesijärvi project, which aims at recovering the lake. For every skier finishing the event, Finlandia-Hiihto will be giving 0,20 euro for the valuable project. And as Vesijärvi is an extremely important element for the organizing ski clubs from Lahti and Hollola, the project will also be featured at this year’s medal.