Although conditions are beautiful and wintry, a little more snow is still needed for the marathon weekend. Snow coverage is best from Otepää to Palu, where course conditions have improved noticeably over the past week, with less snow towards Elva.

 

In order to preserve the existing snow cover, it is currently not possible to carry out regular course grooming. Instead, we are looking for more sustainable methods to form the necessary track also in the sections with thinner snow layer.

 

However, all skiers are most welcome to train and ski on the marathon course. This helps to slowly pack the light, new snow and improves course conditions also in sections where machine grooming is not currently possible.

 

The weather forecast indicates continuing minus temperatures, with new snowfall expected towards the end of this week and again in the middle of next week. We continue to closely monitor the forecasts and will adjust course maintenance accordingly.

 

Tartu Maraton track on February 3, author Indrek Kelk