TCS Lidingöloppet 10K route map
raceindex.org has a GPS course file for TCS Lidingöloppet 10K, so runners can inspect the route line on the map. Elevation charts and ascent figures appear only when that file includes usable elevation data.
TCS Lidingöloppet 10K
This race edition
- Race date
- Date not confirmed for this distance
- Race timezone
- Timezone not confirmed
- Edition status
- Status not confirmed
Entry options
2026 edition
Entry options are not yet confirmed for this edition. Check the organiser before making plans.
Modelled energy-cost change 2.3% versus flat · net elevation 3 m
Decision summary
TCS Lidingöloppet 10K at a glance
- Route ascent
- 162 m
- Typical conditions
- 89/100
- Evidence depth
- 18 verified facts
Lower than 16% of comparable mapped races
Historical race-date favourability, not a forecast
Stored GPS route
Quick answers
What runners ask first
How hilly is the TCS Lidingöloppet 10K?
The TCS Lidingöloppet 10K route has 162 m of ascent, 159 m of descent and an estimated 2.3% grade-adjusted pace penalty versus a flat route.
Where does the TCS Lidingöloppet 10K route go?
Underfoot, expect a beach course. The setting includes parkland and forest. the finish has historically always been at Grönsta gärde.
Race character
Scenery
- Parkland
- Forest
- Countryside
- Desert
- Island
- Historic
- Waterfront
- Coastal
Atmosphere
- Festival
- Community
- Scenic Tour
Terrain
- Beach
Entry, logistics and records
Records and field
- Field size
- World's largest cross-country event; the full race weekend gathers in the order of 30,000 runners, with the flagship 30 km drawing roughly 15,000 participants in a typical year (644 ran the inaugural 1965 edition)
Entry requirements
- Entry status
- Open entry: The held registration model is open entry and this edition is not marked sold out.
Race day logistics
- Medal
- Finishers receive a bronze medal featuring a Carl Milles sculpture motif, with the design rotating from year to year
Access and course status
- Nearest station
- Lidingö island lies about 15 minutes from central Stockholm; reached via the Lidingöbanan light rail from Ropsten (Stockholm metro red line)
Course facts
- Notable features
- Founded in 1965 by Karl Axel Karlberg and Sven Gärderud (inspired by sports journalist Sven Lindhagen) as a cross-country counterpart to the Vasaloppet
- the finish has historically always been at Grönsta gärde
How hilly is the TCS Lidingöloppet 10K?
- Steep descent 6%
- Descent 27%
- Flat 36%
- Climb 24%
- Steep climb 7%
- Total ascent
- 162 m
- Net elevation
- +3 m
- GAP factor
- 2.3%
- Longest climb
- 700 m at 5.5%
What are typical race-day conditions?
- 12°CTypical temperature
- 19 kphTypical wind
- 2 mmTypical rainfall
- 89Favourability /100
More race details
Is the TCS Lidingöloppet 10K flat?
Its normalised GAP factor is 2.3% slower than a flat course, with about 162 m of total ascent.