TCS Lidingöloppet 30K route map
raceindex.org has a GPS course file for TCS Lidingöloppet 30K, 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 30K
This race edition
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Entry options
2026 edition
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Modelled energy-cost change 1.4% versus flat · net elevation -5 m
Decision summary
TCS Lidingöloppet 30K at a glance
- Route ascent
- 372 m
- Typical conditions
- 89/100
- Evidence depth
- 48 verified facts
Lower than 62% 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 30K?
The TCS Lidingöloppet 30K route has 372 m of ascent, 377 m of descent and an estimated 1.4% grade-adjusted pace penalty versus a flat route.
Where does the TCS Lidingöloppet 30K route go?
The TCS Lidingöloppet 30K route starts at Koltorps gärde, Lidingö and finishes at Grönsta gärde, Lidingö (the historic finish field used since the race began). Underfoot, expect off-road cross-country terrain: forest trails and paths, gravel roads and open meadows across Lidingö island, with rooty/soft footing through the woods. It passes Koltorp, Stockby, Kyrkviken, Rudboda and Elfvik. the finish has historically always been at Grönsta gärde.
What should runners know on race day for the TCS Lidingöloppet 30K?
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Race character
Scenery
- Forest
- Countryside
- Coastal
- Island
- Parkland
- Desert
- Historic
- Waterfront
Atmosphere
- Festival
- Community
- Scenic Tour
Terrain
- Road
- Trail
- Gravel
- Beach
- Elevation character
- Hilly
- Technicality
- Technical
- Source-stated ascent
- 522 m
The stored route produces 372 m of ascent, while a source states 522 m. GPS sampling and elevation models can produce different totals, so both are labelled rather than combined.
Entry, logistics and records
Records and field
- Men's course record
- 1:33:33 (Isaac Chemobo)
- Women's course record
- 1:51:36 (Carolina Wikström)
- 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.
- Qualification status
- No qualifying standard; open mass Participation entry with tiered pricing that rises towards race day plus late entry (efteranmälan)
Race day logistics
- Aid stations
- 8
- Medal
- Finishers receive a bronze medal featuring a Carl Milles sculpture motif, with the design rotating from year to year
Access and course status
- Start
- Koltorps gärde, Lidingö
- Finish
- Grönsta gärde, Lidingö (the historic finish field used since the race began)
- 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
- Course type
- Point To Point
- Surface
- Off Road cross Country terrain: forest trails and paths, gravel roads and open meadows across Lidingö island, with rooty/soft footing through the woods
- Landmarks
- Koltorp, Stockby, Kyrkviken, Rudboda, Elfvik, Långängens gård, Långängen-Elfviks naturreservat, Bosön, Sticklinge, Abborrbacken, Grönsta gärde
- 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
- Varied 30 km terrain course combining flat meadows and gravel roads with sloping woodland trails and steep climbs
- five of the smoothest-running kilometres pass through dense forest near Elfvik on eastern Lidingö, while Abborrbacken (~5 km from the finish) is the longest and steepest hill of the race, with 522 m of total ascent
How hilly is the TCS Lidingöloppet 30K?
- Steep descent 5%
- Descent 20%
- Flat 51%
- Climb 22%
- Steep climb 3%
- Total ascent
- 372 m
- Net elevation
- −5 m
- GAP factor
- 1.4%
- Longest climb
- 710 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 30K flat?
Its normalised GAP factor is 1.4% slower than a flat course, with about 372 m of total ascent.
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