O-Ringen Magazine. Nr 2 - 2022
The worlds biggest orienteering adventure. The mountains awaits! O-Ringen Åre 2023. July 22-28.
The worlds biggest orienteering adventure. The mountains awaits!
O-Ringen Åre 2023. July 22-28.
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A different<br />
Trail-O at<br />
O-<strong>Ringen</strong> Åre<br />
» Program O-RINGEN TRAILO 2023<br />
PREO STAGE 1 – Sunday 23 july<br />
Arena VÅLÅDALEN<br />
PREO STAGE 2 – Monday 24 july<br />
Arena VÅLÅDALEN<br />
PREO STAGE 3 – Wednesday 26 july<br />
Arena FRÖÅ GRUVA<br />
PREO STAGE4 – Thursday 27 july<br />
Arena MÖRSIL<br />
PREO STAGE 5 – Friday 28 july<br />
Arena RÖJSMON<br />
FIVE STAGES<br />
FOUR ARENAS<br />
TRAILO<br />
For those who compete<br />
in MTBO and TrailO, there<br />
will be parking areas near<br />
the arenas. However, there<br />
will be no bus transport<br />
out to these arenas.<br />
The first two stages of the trail orienteering<br />
will take place in Vålådalen. One of the stages<br />
will go up on beautiful Ottfjället with a view of<br />
the mountain world. Here, the participants are<br />
met by occasional low mountain birches, open<br />
calf mountain and extensive bogs. One of the<br />
two stages in the Vålådalen will go down into<br />
the valley itself with a completely different<br />
terrain than above the tree line.<br />
The third stage will be an evening stage at<br />
the Fröå mine. In the old mining environment,<br />
you can hear the beat of history as you wander<br />
between mine shafts and preserved buildings.<br />
Most impressive is the restored shaft that<br />
powers the pump that keeps one of the mines<br />
dry and is in turn powered by a large water<br />
wheel.<br />
Stage four will be run in Mörsil and the final<br />
fifth stage will run from Arena Röjsmon in Järpen.<br />
The TrailO at O-<strong>Ringen</strong> Åre 2023 will<br />
be a bit special.<br />
– The terrain will be incredibly<br />
exciting and varied, says Owe<br />
Fredholm, responsible for the TrailO<br />
course setting.<br />
From Uppsalaslätten plain to Årefjällen<br />
mountains. Yes, there you have the differences<br />
in TrailO between O-<strong>Ringen</strong> Uppsala<br />
<strong>2022</strong> and O-<strong>Ringen</strong> Åre 2023. Both areas<br />
have their charm and the TrailO gang spent<br />
two weeks in Åre during the late summer to<br />
complete all course setting and everything<br />
practical that needs to be fixed for the TrailO<br />
stages in Åre to be as good as possible.<br />
– The challenge in Åre is the long distances<br />
to check the terrain and courses. It's<br />
not possible to just go out one evening and<br />
check some details, but here we had to work<br />
through a course completely, which takes<br />
one to two full days, says Owe Fredholm.<br />
Owe and his wife Ewa are retired and has, together<br />
with his son Martin, worked hard with<br />
everything about courses, maps and more at<br />
O-<strong>Ringen</strong> for many years. When it was time<br />
for O-<strong>Ringen</strong> Åre 2023, it was obvious that<br />
Owe should be involved in the work.<br />
– Compared to Uppsala and other places,<br />
the conditions are completely different when<br />
it comes to the terrain. We have had to work<br />
with different areas, and it has sometimes<br />
been difficult to make everything perfect.<br />
But we think that we now have five really<br />
good stages. In addition to the three Fredholm<br />
family members, Göran F Andersson<br />
has also been involved in the course setting<br />
work on site in Åre.<br />
– We have been up here and been<br />
fantastically lucky with the weather. We have<br />
met many nice landowners and received<br />
good support from O-<strong>Ringen</strong> organization,<br />
says Owe.<br />
What can the participants<br />
expect at TrailO in Åre?<br />
– It will be exciting and varied terrain and<br />
it is important to master different forms of<br />
TrailO. One stage runs in an old mining<br />
area, two of the stages on classic sports<br />
ground in Vålådalen. One of these stages is<br />
decided entirely on the mountain above the<br />
tree line.<br />
– It will be a great experience for all<br />
participants. O-<strong>Ringen</strong> Åre 2023 has had a<br />
good dialogue with the landowners and with<br />
the Sami, and to have the opportunity to be<br />
up above the tree line will be something new<br />
for most people, says Owe.<br />
Owe Fredholm, Martin Fredholm, Göran F Andersson and Eva Fredholm are all experienced when it comes to<br />
TrailO. The course setting work for O-<strong>Ringen</strong> Åre 2023 is now almost complete. Photo: Johfors Productions AB.<br />
The rod passage from the water wheel to the pump at<br />
Fröå Gruva, stage 3 for TrailO. Photo: Wikipedia.<br />
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