All participants are required to bring a backpack that contains a dry shirt, food, waterbottle/something to drink, food and a wind jacket. There are no service stations at the top of Tromsdalstinden. The content of the backpack is considered safety gear, as there might be some rough weather conditions at the top of the mountain.

Extrem race, HalfUltra and Tromsdalstinden 1238m up: Online registration open until thursday before the race, 12:00, as long as we still have available starting numbers.

Tromsø Mountain Ultra 50km and the Triple: Online registration is open until monday before the race, 12:00, as long as we still have available starting numbers.

At MSM Extreme race there are 8 categories- 4 for women and 4 for men.  12-14 years, 15-17 years, 18-49 years, 50+. We calculate your age category after birth year, not date. That means that if you will become 12 years in the year of the race, you are old enough to participate.

Tromsø Mountain Ultra 50km and HalfUltra have two categories – women, and men.  Lower age limit is 18 years for HalfUltra 25km and TMU50km.

For Tromsdalstinden 1238m up have two categories – women, and men.  Lower age limit is 15 years

Tromsø Mountain Challenge

Extreme race – Men 15:52, Women 17:23
Tromsø Mountain Ultra 50km – Men 04:07:20, Women 04:43:55
HalfUltra 25km – Men 01:55:50, Women 01:56:37
Tromsdalstinden 1238m up- Men 01:05:12, Women 01:16:00

For Tromsø Mountain Challenge:

Extreme race/ TMUltra50km: Bib pickup Friday 12:00-16:30 at the servicecenter at Tromsø Camping in Tromsdalen.

HalfUltra 25km: Friday August 23rd from 12:00-16:30 and saturday August 24th from 09:00-11:30 at Tromsø Camping in Tromsdalen.

Tromsdalstinden 1238m up: Sunday August 25th from 09:00-11:30 at Tromsø Camping in Tromsdalen.

We calculate your age and category by birth year, not birth date. This means that as long as you will be 18 in the year of the race, you can participate in the HalfUltra and the Ultra.

Tromsø Mountain Challenge

Extreme race- from 12 y.o

HalfUltra 25km- from 18 y.o

Tromsø Mountain Ultra 50km- from 18 y.o

Tromsdalstinden 1238m opp- from 15 y.o

Tromsø Mountain Challenge: (valid per January 2018)

MSM Extreme race                                    NOK 350,-

MSM Extreme race under 16 y.o             NOK 225,-

TMUltra 50km                                            NOK 900,-

HalfUltra 25km                                          NOK 650,-

Tromsdalstinden 1238m up                     NOK 450,-

TMC Triple                                                  NOK 1400,-

The Entry Fee will increase from 13th August by Nok 100,-

Sign up for your Arctic adventure HERE

No, the registration is personal and binding. By registering for the race you accept our terms & conditions, and we do not refund nor change names on fulfilled registrations. Runners who participate with someone else’s startnumber will be disqualified.

If you cannot participate due to injury/illness you can send us an email (info@msm.no) within a week after race day, together with a medical certificate from your doctor/physician stating that you are unable to attend. Then we will move your registration to next years’ race (NB! We charge a fee of 100,- NOK to move your registration, which also has to be paid within a week after race day).

Applicable to all runners at TMU50km and HalfUltra 25km:

All runners are required to pass through the service stations/checkpoints during the race, so we can be sure you have run the whole race. The race Marshalls (or clocks) at each checkpoint will register at what time you passed through the station.  Below you can see a list of all service stations/checkpoints you will have to pass through:

• Trollvassbu cabin (ca 5km)
• Nonsbu cabin (ca 13,5km)
• Blåkollkoia cabin (19km)
• Dreperen (ca 23km)
• Skarvassbu cabin (25km)
• Tromsdalselva river (ca 32km) – Also HalfUltra
• Djupdalen valley (ca 35km) – Also HalfUltra
• Bønntuva top (ca 37km) – Also HalfUltra
• Fjellheisen (ca 40km) – Also HalfUltra
• Svarthammaren (ca 45km) – Also HalfUltra

All runners have to pass through the check points so the race marshalls can register that they have been there.

Tromsø Mountain Challenge:

TMU50km: Max time limit by checkpoint Tromsdalselva (32km) is 5 1/2h (14:30). If you use longer time you will have to finish your race here, and continue directly to the finish area by Tromsø Camping in Tromsdalen valley and report to a race marshall.  The total maximum time for the Tromsø Mountain Ultra is 9h.

HalfUltra 25km: 6h

Tromsdalstinden 1238m up: 3h

MSM Extreme race:

Drinking station at the finish area.

TMU50km and HalfUltra 25km:

There will be service stations at all the cabins, Tromsdalselva river and  by the cable car station Fjellheisen, serving water and Maxim sportsdrink. Ved Tromsdalselva river and Fjellheisen you will also find bananas and coca cola. Please finish your drink at the service station or bring your cup to the next, do not spread litter in the nature. You can refill  your water bottle at the service station or in one of the many rivers you cross along the trail (mainly TMUltra). Remember that you have to bring the rest of the food and drinks yourself.

Tindløpet:

There is a drinking station by Tromsdalselva river and at Salen (before the steepest part of the ridge). Please note that we require all participants to bring a full waterbottle in their backpack to the finish, as there are no service stations there.

Tromsø Mountain Ultra 50km: We set up a bus from Tromsø camping, which leaves at 07:50 in the morning for Snarbyeidet (start point). You can leave your luggage at Tromsø camping (at your own responsibility) or even take it with you to the start. Luggage left at the buss will be transported back to the finish area. Please note that we take no responsibility for your belongings/luggage.

HalfUltra 25km: The start is at Tromsø Camping in Tromsdalen valley. If you come by bus from the city center, take bus nr 24 Kroken or 20 Kroken and go off at the stop “Båthavna” (boat harbour). Follow the road along the river and up to the Camping, it takes approximately 10min to walk.

Polar Night Halfmarathon

There will be drinking stations every 5 km. Water and Maxim Sportdrink will be served at all the service stations. Toilets are only available at the starting- and finish area.

Midnight Sun Marathon

Water and Maxim Sport drinks at every 5 kilometres.  The last stations for marathon and half marathon will also offer gel and bananas. Toilets are available at the 5, 15, 25, and 35 km points in the race.

Tromsø Mountain Challenge

MSM Extremerace:
Drinking station when you arrive at the finish line at Fjellstasjonen.

TMU50km and HalfUltra 25km:
There are service stations by all the cabins along the trail, by the river Tromsdalselva and at Fjellheisen (cable car station). They serve water and Maxim sports drink. At Tromsdalselva and Fjellheisen they also have Coca Cola and bananas. Please leave your cup at the drinking station or bring it to the next servicepoint. Garbage must only be thrown in garbage bags at the service stations and NOT along the trail. There are many rivers along the trail where you can refill your water bottle. Apart from that you will have to bring your own food and drinks.

Tromsdalstinden 1238m opp:
There is a drinking station by Tromsdalselva (the river) and at the top of Salen, before you start on the last ridge towards the summit.  We require all runners to bring with them a bottle of water (minimum 0,5l) that has to be full when they cross the finish line. This is because there is no service station at the finish.

During TMU50km and the HalfUltra 25km the runners are required to bring a backpack. As the required content is considered an emergency kit, all items in the backpack must be inside the backpack (not worn) when you cross the finish line. 

Required content of race backpack

• Longsleeved shirt (must be in your backpack when you cross the finish line)
• Map (provided by the organizer)
• Compass or GPS (GPS watch and compass in watch is approved)
• Food (minimum 150g food left in your backpack when you cross the finish line)
• Windbreaker jacket
• Windbreaker pants
• Hat
• Gloves
• Whistle (to call for attention if you are in need of help)
• Cellphone
• Water bottle (or skin)
• Warming blanket/foil (provided by organizer)

Please note:

The equipment of the backpack is considered emergency gear, as the weather and conditions can get challenging up in the mountains during the race. All runners participate at their own risk, and must ensure they have enough food, Liquids and dry clothes to take care of themselves in a possible emergency. This is why the items in the content list above have to be inside the backpack when you finish the race.  We also remind you that you are required to help other runners in need during the race.

TMU50km: Organizers give all participants a tshirt, warming blanket/foil, and a map of the race course. The rest of the required content the participants have to bring themselves. The backpack can be checked by race marshalls when you cross the finish line. There is 15min addition time per item that is missing from the list of required content.

HalfUltra 25km:Participants in the HalfUltra 25km trail must have the same content in the backpack as the TMU50km, but will only receive the warming blanket/foil and map from the organizers. The participants themselves are responsible for bringing the required content in their backpack.

The participants cannot receive any other support during the race than from the service stations along the trail. Apart from this you can only use what you bring in Your backpack. It is not allowed to have accompanying runners from outside the race.

If we (as organizers) have time, we try to take some photos from the start- and finish-area at the different races. These will be published on our Facebook-page. Follow us there for updates! If any spectators or participants have some good photos from the race, we are happy if you send us an email at info@msm.no.

MSM Extreme race:

All the participants who finishes the race will receive a medal. We also award the following:  top three en each age category (men and women) and the sprint prize for men and women. We also draw some prizes by starting number. New course record for men and women is awarded with NOK 1000,- each.

TMU 50km/ HalfUltra 25km:

We award all finishers. In addition to this we also award the top three best men and women in TMU 50km and HalfUltra 25km.

Tromsdalstinden 1238m up:

All participant that finish the race will be given a T-shirt for participation. In addition to this we also award the top three best men and women.

Trippelen:

The top three best men and women who finishes the full Triple will be awarded.  All Triple-finishers receive a diploma.

Visit Tromsø lists most of the  hotels, Apartments, camping sites and other accomodation info HERE. Please note that even though almost all the hotels are located in the city centre, you should always check the location before booking. The hotels in the city centre are all within walking distance from the start- and finish-area of Midnight Sun Marathon, Polar Night Halfmarathon and the reindeer racing and lassothrowing during Samí Week.

If you are travelling from outside Norway to Tromsø, you have to fly to Oslo and take a connecting flight to Tromsø. The flight time from Tromsø to Oslo is approximately 2 hours and there are several daily flights.

If you wish to travel by sea, the Coastal steamer Hurtigruten arrives in Tromsø daily, and travelling within the region you can board the express boats from Harstad and Finnsnes. There are also bus Connections from the surrounding cities, such as Narvik, Bardufoss and Alta. Se more info about travelling within Troms region at the regional traffic site, Tromskortet.

Visit Tromsø has info on all activities, attractions, accomodation, restaurants/cafes and shopping. Visit their homepage HERE. You can also download their app, Tromsø Official City App, so you can access all the information while you are on the go!