GAP factor 5.1% slower than flat · net elevation 127 m
Decision summary
Lower than 44% of comparable mapped races
10:00:00 total cut-off
Historical race-date favourability, not a forecast
Verified GPS route
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RaceIndex has a GPS course file for NUTS Karhunkierros 36K, so runners can inspect the route line on the map. Elevation charts and ascent figures appear only when that file includes usable elevation data.
The NUTS Karhunkierros 36K route has 697 m of ascent, 570 m of descent and an estimated 5.1% grade-adjusted pace penalty versus a flat route.
The NUTS Karhunkierros 36K route starts at 13 km starts in Ruka Village (in front of Intersport) with wave starts from 16:00; minimum age 12 and finishes at All distances finish in Ruka Village (Rukan kävelykylä), the event centre. Underfoot, expect natural hiking trail (single-track and forest paths) through Oulanka National Park, including technical sections, hilltops/fells, river gorges and suspension (hanging) bridges. It passes Karhunkierros (Bear's Ring) trail, Oulanka National Park, Kiutakongas rapids (Oulankajoki river), Jyrava rapids (Kitkajoki river) and Oulanka Visitor Centre. Set in Oulanka National Park, famed for free-flowing rivers, dramatic rapids and waterfalls, aapa mires, deep wilderness forest and fell summits.
Drop-bag service offered on the longer races; for the 166 km, drop bags are carried to the Oulanka Visitor Centre and to the Hautajarvi turnaround point.
Its normalised GAP factor is 5.1% slower than a flat course, with about 697 m of total ascent.