Between February 8-15, 2010 the Romanian Orienteering Federation in partnership with  the Miercurea Ciuc City Hall, Harghita County Council and the Karpat Tour Orienteering Club, will organize a series of world class ski orienteering tournaments which will be held in the surroundings of Miercurea Ciuc. Apemin Tusnad is one of the main sponsors of the event.

This will be the first time for Romania to host such a high-level international winter competition. More than 450 athletes will participate in the competitions, from all over the world: Austria, Belorussia, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy. Kazakhstan, Japan,  Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, USA, Sweden, Ukraine and Hungary.

Check out the detailed program of the competitions and find out more about the championship on www.skio.ro.

Ski orienteering is a cross-country endurance winter sport. Similar to the orienteering disciplines practiced in the summer season, ski orienteering requires an extremely high level of both physical and mental fitness.An elite level ski-orienter needs excellent skiing and map reading skills - and the ability to combine those two. The athlete has to take hundreds of route choice decisions at high speed during every race.     

January 7, 2010