Frequently asked questions

When do I start and most important were is the champange trail party?

Below is everything you need to know about Fýri Trail. If you have any question that isn’t answered below, please send us an email at jonas.svengard@essgroup.se

Thursday 19 September

Welcome to Fýri Resort of Hemsedal

14:00- 18:00 Salomon shoe test clinic at Fýri Sports Club

15:00 Test run nr 1. The “Forgotten trail”, the toughest part of FMT. The trail starts at the Rjukande Falls at an altitude of 650 m and ends after 3 km at an altitude of 1200 m. The trail is steep, the terrain technical and altogether wonderful. Altogether 12km trail running with Salomon Run Team.

17:00 Test run nr 2. The “Forgotten trail”, the toughest part of FMT. The trail starts at the Rjukande Falls at an altitude of 650 m and ends after 3 km at an altitude of 1200 m. The trail is steep, the terrain technical and altogether wonderful. Altogether 12km trail running with Salomon Run Team.

Pool Club, (you will get your pool club slot time when you check in at the hotel) our 1000 square meter pool club is the best reward after you’ve worked hard along the mountain trail. Enjoy the sauna, the pools and relax.

18:00-21:00 Dinner at LIV restaurant. You´ll get your dinner reservation time when you check in at the hotel.

20:00 Fýri Talks! Inspiring lectures from our trail community at the Candor stage.

21:00 Salomon Movie time in Candor. Salomon presents the latest trail movies and trail runners in a breathtaking environment.

Friday 20 September

07:30 Morning yoga at Candor

From 07:00, Experience Fýri’s luxurious breakfast, the best way to start the day! You will receive your breakfast slot time when you check in at the hotel.

09:00- 18:00 Salomon shoe test clinic at Fýri Sports Club

10:00: Recreational running to Rjukande Falls, with a great dip in the falls, those brave enough jump into the water from the cliffs. Approximately 10 km run all together.

Pool Club, (you will get your pool club slot time when you check in at the hotel) our 1000 square meter pool club is the best reward after you’ve worked hard along the mountain trail. Enjoy the sauna, the pools and relax.

11:30-14:00 Lunch at Fýri Sports Club & Restaurant LIV

12:00 Race Office opens at the race arena! Get your BIB, timing device, and your map.
Meet our partners: test run in the latest Salomon shoes, check next years Salomon collection and much more.

17:00-20:00 Fýri goes Italian in Candor. Fuel up before the race with our famous Italian buffet.

18:00 Live pod, NÅ ER DET ALVOR with Hans Kristian Smedsrød and invited guests.

19:00 Salomon Superhero presentation of the best Nordic trail runners.

20:00 Race brief, race manager Jonas Svengård takes you through the Fýri Trail track, informs about the most important details about the race.

Saturday 21 September

07:30 Morning yoga at Candor

From 07:00, Experience Fýri’s luxurious breakfast, the best way to start the day! You will receive your breakfast slot time when you check in at the hotel.

08:00 Race office opens at the race arena! Get your BIB, timing device, and your map.

09:00- 12:00 Salomon shoe test clinic at Fýri Sports Club

10:00 START 29 k

11:00 Buss to start of 18 k

12:00 Start Fýri Trail 18 k

12:30 Finish – First runner crosses the finish line

12:30-16:00 Finishers lunch – all runners will enjoy a delicious Goulash Soup and freshly baked bread at Restaurant Rambler after finished the Fýri trail run.

13:00 Mud & Champagne “the After Trail Party”

15:00 Superhero Celebration Hour- give your heart to the racers that enjoyed the mountains longest time.

17:00 Price Cermony

19:00 Racer’s dinner at the Fýri Restaurants
You will get your dinner table reservation when you check in at Fyri resort.

21:00 Fýri Trail Party with DJ´s in Candor! Grab your party dress and dancing shoes – the ultimate mountain finale awaits.

Sunday

07:30 Morning yoga at Candor

From 08:00 Breakfast. You will receive your breakfast slot time when you check in at the hotel.

Bye bye – ’til we meet again

Fýri Trail 29k

10:00 Start.
The Elite Group, top 50 runners’ men & top 50 runners´ women, starts in their own path close to the start line.

The Elite Group consist of the top 3 runners in any of the races in the Golden Trail Nordic Series 2023. You may also enter the Elite Group if you can provide us with a top score (top 5) from any 2023 trail run over 25 km. Send an e-mail to jonas.svengard@essgroup.se if you want to enter the elite group.

Fýri Mountain Trail 18 k “the easy path”

12:00 Start
Shuttle bus to start leaves Fýri 11:00

We provide with shuttle buses to the start of the 18k race.

The bus will pick you up at the parking lot outside Fýri Sports Club.

The bus to start leaves 11:45 from Fýri Sports Club

NOTE: there are no parking close to the start area, and we do not provide with transport from the finish to the start!

Please don’t take your own car to the start of Fýri Mountain Trail 18k! It’s about 6 km walk from Fýri to the start of Fýri Mountain Trail 18 km.

Fýri Trail Bus!

Sit back, relax and let us take you to Fýri Trail Run by bus. You can chose to take the bus from Gothenburg, Uddevalla/Torp or Oslo Bus terminal and Oslo Airport book when you register for the race.

Gothenburg (Marked with Fýri Trail Bus, on screen at the terminal).

The bus departure from Gothenburg train station, Thursday 19th September at 08:00

The bus ride to Fýri takes about 7 hours (including a snack stop)

The bus departure from Fýri back to Uddevalla & Gothenburg Sunday September 22th 10:00

600 NOK per person (book the Fýri Trail bus when you register to the race)

Oslo, two buses (Marked with Fýri Trail Bus, on screen at the terminal).

  • The bus departure from Oslo bus terminal station, Thursday

September 19th 12:00.

  • Bus departure Oslo airport

September 19th 12:00.

The bus ride to Fýri takes about 3,5 hours.

The bus departure Fýri back to Oslo, Sunday September 22th 10:00

600 NOK per person

Book the Fýri bus when you register to the race.

Fýri Resort in Hemsedal is located 200 km from Oslo, 500 km from Gothenburg, 720 km from Stockholm, 800 km from Copenhagen and 270 km from Bergen. 

The closest airport is Gardermoen Oslo.

The Closest train station is at Gol where you can take a public bus to Hemsedal/Fýri Resort.

Fýri Trail Bus! 

Gothenburg and Uddevalla/Ikea Torp 

The bus departure from Gothenburg train station, Thursday 19th September at 8:00 (09:00 from Ikea/Torp) 

The bus ride to Fýri takes about 7 hours (including a snack stop) 

The bus departure from Fýri back to Uddevalla & Gothenburg Sunday September 22nd 10:00 

600 NOK per person (book the Fýri Trail bus when you register to the race) 

 Oslo  

Bus departure from Oslo train station, Thursday 

September 19th 12:00.  

Bus departure from Oslo Airport, Thursday 

September 19th 12:00.  

The bus ride to Fýri takes about 3,5 hours. 

The bus departure Fýri back to Oslo, Sunday September 22nd 10:00 

600 NOK per person 

 Book the Fýri bus when you register to the race. 

  • Liquid for 30 kilometers (min 0.3 l)
  • Energy (Energy bar, energy gel, etc. minimum 250 kcal), bring your empty packages to the finish line.
  • Shell jacket or a safety blanket
  • First aid kit (blood stopper/plasters and bandages)
  • Whistle
  • Soft cup (Included in your star package, to be used at the water stations or in creeks along the trail)
  • Cell phone with Alltrails app installed. Or a mobile phone and a GPS watch with the fyri trail map installed

IMPORTANT: We’ll make random controls and participants who doesn’t have all the above equipment will get penalty time added.
Why do I need the mandatory equipment?
It’s about your safety!
Due to the remote trails, you need to be able to take care of yourself in case of injury, if you get lost or other things that can go wrong during your time on the mountains. We want you to be warm and replete while you are waiting for help if bad luck happens to you.

There are a few energy stations during the course.
Due to the fantastic wilderness and remote trails, we just got four energy stations at Fýri Trail by Salomon 29 k. The energy stations are located at 7,5 km, 11 km, 15km and the last one at 24 km.

At Fýri Mountain Trail 18 k we provide with two energy stations located at 6km and 14 km.

The energy stations include water, energy drink, energy bars and salty candy. We use energy drink and bars from Umara(the bars may contain nuts). Ask the staff for gluten, dairy, and nut-free alternative if needed.
If you run out of energy our functionaries out at the trails got reserve energy bars and you can drink the water running in the creeks. (be careful drinking water in small pounds)

NOTE. We don´t provide paper mugs at the energy stations, use your Fold a Cup given to you at your starting kit.

We provide with shuttle buses to the start of the 18k race.

The bus will pick you up at the parking lot outside Fýri Sports Club.

The bus leaves 11:00 from Fýri Sports Club
NOTE: there are no parking close to the start area, and we do not provide with transport from the finish to the start!

Please don’t take your own car to the start of Fýri Mountain Trail 18k! It’s about 6 km walk from Fýri to the start of Fýri Mountain Trail 18 km.

Friday 17:00- 20:00 we serve Fýri’s famous Italian buffet at condor.

The perfect way to fuel up before the race at saturday! The Italian buffet is included if you book any of the accommodations packages at Fýri Resort.

If you have other accommodation, you can still join “Fýri goes Italian.”

Buy Italian buffet ticket here Price 360 nok

Saturday 19:00 we set the table for “Racer´s dinner” in our Restaurants Liv and Condor!

Time to brag about your achievements with your combatants and enjoy a top-class three course dinner the Fýri way.

The Racer´s Dinner is included if you book any of the accommodation’s packages at Fýri Resort.

If you have other accommodation, you can still join “Racer’s Dinner.”

Buy the three curse “Racer’s Dinner” ticket here Price 750 nok (incl one drink ticket).

Yes, but out of respect for other runners, you will need to keep it on a leash. You need to start in the last start group both for Fýri Trail 29 k and Fýri Mountain Trail 18k. 
  1. General

These general terms and conditions (”General Terms”) apply to races arranged by Hotel FYRI AS. The terms ”Fýri”, ”we”, “our” and ”us” refer Hotel FYRI AS, VAT No. NO922018472, Vasagatan 54, 411 37, Göteborg, Sweden 

The terms “race” or “races” refer to timed running competitions and other types of events that we arrange. 

By registering for one of our races, you agree to our General Terms. If you register a person other than yourself for a race, you are responsible for ensuring that this person has read and followed our terms and conditions. We reserve the right to change and update the terms and conditions. 

Participation in some of our races requires the participant to be of a certain age. Any age limitations for our races can be seen in the registration for the race. If you are below the age of 18 at the time of registration, a legal guardian must approve your registration. 

Note that there may be a time limit (cut-off time) for the completion of our races and you are aware of and accept that we may end a race before you have reached the finish line. Time limits are stated in official information for the race in question. 

We do our very best to provide as accurate information as possible. However, the flow of information surrounding our races may be subject to unintentional errors. We reserve the right to make changes to the race if we consider this necessary. 

  1. Refunds and right to withdraw

Registration for Fyri´s race forms a binding agreement between us and the registered person. We do not offer a refund of the starting fee in case of injury or llness. 

In the event of injury or illness, you may be able to get your starting fee refunded through your insurance company if you hold sports accident/sports travel insurance. When partaking in a race outside your country of residence we recommend that you ensure full coverage of accidentals. We do not allow participants to substitute their registration for one event for a different one. 

We are using RaceID for our registrations. When registering with them you can choose the RaceID refundable booking. Here is how you can claim your registration fee back and what documents you need. Read more HERE 

Fýri has no obligation to reimburse the starting fee or to pay damages or compensation because one of our races is canceled. 

No compensation will be offered for financial loss when booking a trip or accommodation in connection with our races. In these cases, we refer you to your insurance company. 

If one of our races is canceled, you have the right to demand a refund of the entry fee, but not the registration fee which is SEK 200 per race. You do not have the right to demand other compensation from Icebug in connection with this.  

  1. Marketing

We will have photographers on site during the race. By agreeing to these General Terms and Conditions, you agree that names, images and videos from the race may be used on websites, in advertisements and printed matter for Fýri and ESS Group, without you demanding special compensation. If you do not want your name or picture to appear, you can notify us by email: info@fyriresort.com. Enter your name, start number and which race it refers to. We take into account images where you can be clearly identified, but not mass images where you are one of many participants. 

  1. Changing participant name

Registration for our races is personal and you may not let someone run the race in your name. We allow changing a participant’s name on registration, we charge 100nok and can be done at raceid.com. The person wishing to replace their registered name is responsible for finding their own replacement. 

Note that it is only possible to change a participant’s name 16 days before the race takes place, or 1 day before the registration closes, whichever comes first. In order to carry out a name change or get more information about how to complete a change of participant, please contact us at info@fyriresort.com. When there is less than 1 day left of registration or less than 16 days left to the race, we do not accept changes to the name on the registration. If you are unable to participate in the race we refer you to your insurance company for any refund of the entry fee.  

  1. Personal data

By approving these General Terms you agree that your name, gender, date of birth, club, city, and nationality will be published in our starting and results lists. If you for personal reasons do not want to appear in starting or results lists, you must notify us by e-mail: info@fyriresort.com. Include which race(s) the request refers to. 

We will process your personal information when you register for one of our races. We ask you to read Fýri privacy policy. 

In order to register for our races, you must complete all mandatory fields at registration. We need your correct e-mail address to send you a registration confirmation, proof of entry/bib number, and other relevant information regarding the races. 

Your e-mail address is used, if you have approved this, to send out newsletters from Fýri and ESS Group, with a focus on the events we arrange. You can unsubscribe from these e-mails at any time by contacting our customer services at info@fyriresort.com or clicking the unsubscribe link in one of the newsletters. 

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