Vånga Mountain Xtreme, live.

Up the ski slope, every single lap

A trail race in north-east Skåne where every lap begins by climbing the slalom hill that the start area sits beneath.

Vånga Mountain Xtreme is run on Sunday 4 October 2026 from Vångabergets Slalomklubb at the foot of Vångabacken, on Bergmossevägen in Villands Vånga. The organiser, FK Göingarna, offers three distances on the same mountain: VMX 300 over 8 km, VMX 600 over 16 km and VMX 1500 over 40 km. The 8 km is one lap, the 16 km passes the mountain twice and the 40 km five times. The races are sanctioned by the Swedish Athletics Federation and the field is capped at 800 runners.

Each lap opens with the climb straight up the Vångabacken ski slope, then winds along forest trails past quiet woodland lakes and deep quarries before dropping back to the arena. The race tables give 360 metres of climbing per lap — 720 on the 16 km and 1,800 on the 40 km — and the descents are as much part of the course as the climbs, which is why trail shoes are recommended. Drinks are served out on the course, at the end of each lap and at the finish, so the arena is where supporters see their runner come through.

Laps make spectating easy and the arithmetic hard: is she on her third lap or her fourth, and will she make the cut for the next one? On Livebib the runner shares a link to their own broadcast, and family and friends open it in a browser, with no app and no account. They see the position on the course line, the distance covered and a finish estimate that updates as the race goes. Where the phone loses signal down among the quarries, the position is carried forward along the course and marked as estimated instead of freezing. The runner decides who gets the link.