About the Race

Lapland Wilderness Challenge will be held in the most remote and beautiful areas of Finnish Lappland, Kaldoaivi and Vätsäri wildernesses.

The event is suitable for everyone who is able to survive 5 days in total wilderness and navigate through open fells, sparse forests and wet swamps.

The next chapter of Lapland Wilderness Challenge is arranged most likely in summer 2023.

Organizer: Metsäreitti

General information

Teams
- 2–5 persons
- All team members must be at least 18 years old
- See team presentations
Classes
- Men
- Women
- Mixed

Format: Mixed orienteering/rogaining
- Navigating with map and compass
- Moving by foot
- You have to take control points in number order
- Target time 5 days (120 hours)
  - Maximum time 5 days 6 hours
    - If a team misses the target time, it will get penalty
    - If a team misses maximum time, it won’t get official result
  - The team that completes the course first is the winner.
    - If no team is able to visit all control points, the one that finds most controls (before deadline) wins
    - If several teams have the same amount of control points, the one that has used least time wins

Rules – see separate page
Equipment – see separate page
Qualification
- Teams have to present some kind of proof of that they have experience of hiking several days in the wilderness

Event programme (small adjustments may occur)
- Friday July 31st 2020
  - 6 pm: Team briefing (mandatory)
- Saturday August 1st
  - 10 am: Gear check
  - 12 am: Start
- Thursday August 6th
  - 12 am: Finish
  - 6 pm: Finish closes
  - 7 pm: Award ceremony, Dinner (optional)

Event centre
- Sanila Reindeer Farm in Kirakkajärvi/Sevettijärvi, Inari, Finland
- Address: Sanilantie 36, 99930 SEVETTIJÄRVI

Accomodation
- Sanila Reindeer Farm/guesthouse
  - event centre, start & finish
  - restaurant
  - room for approx. 50 persons
  - +358 16 672 509
  - toini@sanila.fi
  - Please book directly via email or phone.
- Sevetin Rautu (19 km from the event centre)
- Peuralammen Camping (19 km from the event centre)
- Sevetinharju Camping (19 km from the event centre)
- Some rooms may be available at
  - Sevetin Baari (19 km from the event centre)
  - Airbnb: rooms near Sevettijärvi (Note that you can also stay on the Norwegian side of the border.)

Entry Fee (per person)
- 89 € Before 4th October 2019 (UTC+3)
- 99 € Before 1st January 2020
- 119 € Before 1st February 2020
- 129 € Before ~~1st April~~ ~~16th May~~ ~~1st June~~ 1st July 2020
- ~~139 € Before 1st May June 2020~~
- 149 € Before 11th July 2020
  
  >> Register here
More important information: Frequently asked questions
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- Instagram: @laplandwild #LWC2020
- Twitter: @LaplandWild #LWC2020
Course designer Jouni Junkkaala
- background in orienteering (since 1970’s)
- backpacking in Lapland since 1980’s
- certified Class I course planner in orienteering (Finnish Orienteering Federation)
- Course Planner of the Year, Finland 2016
- Chief course planner, Finnish long distance championships in orienteering 2016
- Course planner (Finnish mainland), Nordic Islands Adventure Race 2018 (5-day ARWS adventure race)
- Course planner & Event director, Endurance Quest 2014 (24 h adventure race)
- Head of Media and GPS Tracking, Endurance Quest 2012 (4-day ARWS adventure race)
- Course planner in several rogaining and trail running events during 2018–2019