TCS Lidingöloppet 15K route map
raceindex.org has a GPS course file for TCS Lidingöloppet 15K, 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 15K
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 1.0% versus flat · net elevation -5 m
Decision summary
TCS Lidingöloppet 15K at a glance
- Route ascent
- 173 m
- Typical conditions
- 89/100
- Evidence depth
- 22 verified facts
Derived from the stored route
Historical race-date favourability, not a forecast
Stored GPS route
Quick answers
What runners ask first
How hilly is the TCS Lidingöloppet 15K?
The TCS Lidingöloppet 15K route has 173 m of ascent, 178 m of descent and an estimated 1.0% grade-adjusted pace penalty versus a flat route.
Where does the TCS Lidingöloppet 15K route go?
Underfoot, expect off-road cross-country forest trails and gravel on Lidingö island, a shortened version of the classic 30 km terrain. 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
- Trail
- Beach
- Elevation character
- Hilly
- Source-stated ascent
- 254 m
The stored route produces 173 m of ascent, while a source states 254 m. GPS sampling and elevation models can produce different totals, so both are labelled rather than combined.
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
- Surface
- Off Road cross Country forest trails and gravel on Lidingö island, a shortened version of the classic 30 km terrain
- 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 15K?
- Steep descent 3%
- Descent 23%
- Flat 53%
- Climb 18%
- Steep climb 4%
- Total ascent
- 173 m
- Net elevation
- −5 m
- GAP factor
- 1.0%
- Longest climb
- 540 m at 4.7%
What are typical race-day conditions?
- 12°CTypical temperature
- 19 kphTypical wind
- 2 mmTypical rainfall
- 89Favourability /100
More race details
Is the TCS Lidingöloppet 15K flat?
Its normalised GAP factor is 1.0% slower than a flat course, with about 173 m of total ascent.
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