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Gommer Challenge

Your next challenge in Goms.

  • Stage 2 of the Gommer Challenge is closed due to the low snow depths.

Dash in best time over the cross-country skiing track Goms.

 

Looking for a new challenge on the trail? The Gommer Challenge offers you the opportunity to push yourself or to compete with other participants. The Gommer Challenge is available to you in classic and skating, free of charge and unlimited.

 

What

is the Gommer Challenge?

  • The Gommer Challenge is a permanent timed track 24/7.
  • You can ride it whenever and as often as you like
  • When you register your time will appear on the ranking list

How

does the Gommer Challenge work?

  1. Scan QR code or click on goms.ch/gommer-challenge: "Start now".
  2.  Select "I am starting for the first time" or "I am already registered".
  3. Select route, start timing - and go!
  4. Follow the signs for stage 1,2 or 3 & stop timing at the sign "End of Challenge
  5. Check the results on goms.ch/gommer-challenge/rangliste

For timing with Strava, or manually, you have to register in advance and then confirm the email from noreply@goms.ch. Here we go!

Stage 2

On stage 2 you run downhill on a blue, easy trail (Rottenloipe). Follow the green signs, which are labeled "Gommer Challenge / Stage 2". 

 

Start: Nordic center, Ulrichen

End: Niederwald train station

Distance: 12.3 kilometers

Stage 3

On stage 3 you will run a loop with climbs and descents, on a black, difficult cross-country ski trail (FIS/race trail). Follow the green signpost, which is labeled "Gommer Challenge / Stage 3". 

 

Start: Nordic Center, Ulrichen

Finish: Nordic center, Ulrichen

Distance: 3.5 kilometers

 

MGBahn Cross-Country Challenge

 

On stage 4, you have the opportunity to complete the MGBahn Cross-Country Challenge. The aim is to be faster than the train on the track, can you “get it”? Take part, there are great prizes to be won!

Stage 4 runs down the valley on an easy blue trail (Rottenloipe). Follow the green signposts of the Gommer Challenge, which are marked with a round sticker of the MGBahn. Here you first run in the opposite direction of the signposts for stage 1 to the Nordic Center in Ulrichen. From there you can follow the signs for stage 2 to Niederwald at the train station.

Start: Cross-country ski trail hut at Oberwald railroad station

End: Niederwald railroad station

Distance: 17.2 kilometers

© Schweiz Tourismus / Florence Gross
© Schweiz Tourismus / Christoph Zwaan

Time recording

Here you will find all the instructions for your time recording:

You can record your individual time using the start/stop button directly on the website, linking to Strava, uploading GPX data from a GPS device/sports watch or recording your time manually, e.g. with a stopwatch. 

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