Courses
The conditions are absolutely perfect! Shovels have stayed in the garage and after the years of shoveling and fighting againts the weather we´re looking forward to wonderful weekend. Therefore the race could be held on stardard courses of Šumavák thanks to enough of snow.
Saturday - there will be so-called Zhůřský loop (Kvilda, Horská Kvilda, Danielka, U Tří Jedlí, Zhůří, Horská Kvilda, Filipova Huť, Březová hora, Pod Lapkou, U Tremlů, Kvilda). Saturday´s marathon distance will be held on the same course (2 laps) with turnaround nearby the Finish line.
Saturday´s children race - each course will go towards Horská Kvilda and in the middle of the distance there will be turnaround and back to the Finish line.
Sunday - Short course (23 km CT) will take place on Saturday´s Zhůřský loop. The long course will continue to Černohorský loop from Filipova Huť (Lovčí skála, Černohorská nádrž, Modravský most, Na Ztraceném, Ptačí nádrž, Černá hora, Prameny Vltavy, Kvilda Pod Lapkou, U Tremlů, Kvilda).
Refreshment points
There will be RP by Hotel Rankl at Horská Kvilda (14 km). For the Saturday´s marathon course, which runs the same loop twice, there will be one more RP when passing through to the second loop nearby the stadium. On Sunday the first RP is similar by Hotel Rankl on Horská Kvilda (14 km, then on Modravský most (25 km), and the last one on Prameny Vltavy (35 km).
Parking
All of the registered and paid participants will receive email with information about given race number and link to parking voucher during Thursday. Please print the voucher. You could park your car in the are of former “platoon” in the middle of Kvilda - for free. There are enough parking places. Between parking area and the Stadium there will be the track so you´ll be able to approach to the start on your skies. Parking on the road nearby Stadium is highly forbidden. Please respect it. The road needs to be leaked and any violation of this prohibition will be solved without compromise - by towing services.
Pick up of starting numbers and new registrations in Race office
Same as for last years this process takes place in municipal hall behing Šumava Inn hotel. It´s just a few steps from the parking area. The hall will be open from 3 pm to 18 pm on Friday, from 8 am ti 18 pm on Saturday and from 8 am to 11:30 am on Sunday. It´s possible to registr even for any of the event during these times. Every participant will receive envelope with starting number. In this envelope you´ll find also voucher for food and drink in the finish. Moreover you´ll get “something” from Birell and the gift from Stopa pro život - you can choose from headdress, hat or cravat. If you want to choose, ensure you´ll be faster than the others :).
Starting numbers, transponders, time measurement
You certainly know we´re using nice jersey numbers made by Lawi company. There is non-returnable transponder glued on the jersey number. So it´s just about to dress up the jersey number and you´re ready to go! The reward for early registration and payment is the name on your number.
Timekeeping is provided by SportSoft again. There will be few splits and online result available on www.sportsoft.cz. In heatened high capacity tent they have prepared some surprise, so be glad.
Starting order
We´ll be able to prepare so wide start thanks to great conditions. Right after the start you´ll go almost 4 km on narrow and wide track towards Horská Kvilda. So there will be a plenty of time for overtaking. Even so participants will be divided to several starting blocks based on the results of current SPŽ ranking and the results from 32nd edition of ČT Šumavský skimarathon. We will also respect the legitimate requests of the participants for the granting of the wild card for the first start block, as well as the right of the holders of the Eurolopet pass to be the worst in the second block.
Team competition.
Same as in the last years we organize traditional team competition ŠUMAVÁK TEAM on the main Sunday´s course. Easy as a pie. Just get together team up to 5 members, have the best sum of 3 times and win a keg of beer from "Šumavský pivovar Vimperk" brewery. Registration will be available in paper form in Race office.