Welcome to Balestrand and Balestrand Opp24

Balestrand at the Sognefjord

Travel & hotels

Here is a video of what Balestrand can offer.

Boat from Bergen

From Bergen and other places along the coast it is easy to go to Balestrand with expressboat:

  • Monday-Friday: Bergen* 08:00AM/16:30PM - Balestrand 11:58AM/20:31PM

  • Saturday: Bergen* 08:00/14:15 – Balestrand 11:58/18:20

  • Sunday: Bergen* 08:00/16:30 – Balestrand 11:58/20:31

* Strandkaiterminal

Buy Tickets - ekspressboat

Bus and airplane

Bus from Oslo/other places to and from Balestrand Routes and places

Flight routes & tickets Widerøe

Bus from and to the airport (Sogndal lufthamn and Førde lufthamn ) Buss routes

Hotels in Balestrand

Kviknes Hotel,  Balestrand hotel, Midtnes hotel and Dragsvik hotel give you discount for the weekend 6.-8. September.

Balestrand Opp 24 (Mountain&Trail Running)

Here is a video What Balestrand can offer.

The trail distance is 5,4 km: from the garden in front oft Kviknes Hotel to and the peak Raudmelen, 970 m AMSL More information here.

Enrollment competition

Youngest class in competition class is 15 years old (b. 2009).

Start competition :

Saturday 7. September at 12:30 PM in the garden in front of Kviknes Hotel.

Payment competition:

"Early Bird" registration 30% discount before Thursday 7 March 2024:

  •  NOK 250 23 years and older if full-year licence

  • NOK 280 23 years and older incl. one-way license (NOK 30)

  • NOK 210 15 - 22 years if full-year licence

  • NOK 240 15 and 22 years including single entry license (NOK 30)

Registration and payment between Friday 8 March and Friday 6 September 2024. For registrations after, there will be an addition of NOK 100.

  • NOK 350 23 years and older if full-year licence

  • NOK 390 23 years and older incl. one-way license (NOK 40)

  • NOK 300 15 - 22 years if full-year licence

  • NOK 340 15 and 22 years including single entry license (NOK 40)

Registration and payment cometition before Friday 6. September 2023. For registrations after this, there will be an addition of NOK 100.

Registration competition (EQ-timing) (English at the top right)

License

The Norwegian Athletics Federation (NFIF) requires a license for all beginners over the age of 13 in competition. For events outside the track, you can choose between a one-time license and an all-year license.

Sack

In 2021, the Motbakkeløpsutvalet recommended removing the weight requirement on the sack and instead setting requirements for equipment in the sack: This must contain: windbreaker, trousers, dry super, hat, gloves and energy/banana. (The organizer can take random samples at the top, and it will be given additional time if equipment is missing.)

Premiums competition - women and men.

  1. place: NOK 2.000

  2. place: NOK 1.500

  3. place: NOK 1.000

In addition, there are premiums in each relevant competition-class for women and men.

Starting number

You pick up the starting number in competition class at Kviknes Hotel on Saturday 7. September at 09:00 - 11:30 AM.

Trim class (no time registration)

Payment trim class:

  • NOK 200 23 years >

  • NOK 100 22 years <

  • NOK 400 kr for families

Saturday 7. September: At Kviknes Hotel, cash and payment card.

Participating trim class:

In trim class - registration and optional start time Saturday 2. September between 09.00 - 11.30 AM. Registration trim class in Kviknes Hotel at the same time.

Children younger than 12 can only participate if accompanied by parents or other responsible adults. The organizers encourage everyone in the trim class to get to the top of Raudmelen (972m AMSL) before 13:00 PM. Everyone should bring a drinking bottle which they can fill up at the drinking station at Buråsi (575 m AMSL).

After the race

Everone, both trim and competative runners, who start the downhill while runners ar still on the uthill, must give way and show care.

A sermony for all participants near the starting-point ca. 16:00 PM.

Mountain peaks