News Jaama Winter and Jaama MTB: Jaama Events brings together the events of Kontiolahti Outdoor

Kontiolahti Outdoor announces its new events, Jaama MTB, which will be organized in June, and Jaama Winter, which will be held until the end of March. Together with the Jaama Run that runs in June, they form the Jaama Events event family.

Kontiolahti Outdoor develops its event offering and publishes the Jaama Events product family, which consists of the Jaama Run trail run, the new Jaama Winter event and the new Jaama MTB event organized on the same weekend as the Jaama Run.

Jaama Winter - the first winter trail event

At the two-day Jaama Winter event on 20-21. in March we cycle and run on consecutive days. You can participate either only in one sport or in both.

—The approximately 10-kilometer run runs almost entirely on the Kontionpolut route. The route is the same for both runners and cyclists - the only differences are the lengths of the distances. In cycling, you go around the same track two or four times, and in running either once or twice. This is the first event to be held on the winter trail section maintained by Kontiolahti Municipality, Kontiolahti Outdoor's Mika Okkonen says.

Jaama MTB and Jaama Run on the same weekend in June

The trail running event Jaama Run, organized two summers ago, will be joined by the mountain biking event Jaama MTB. The events take place on consecutive days on the first weekend of June. The routes are built on the paths of the Kontionpolut network.

—Jaama Run continues with a familiar concept: The routes are easy, easy to run and suitable even for those participating in their first trail running event. We are looking for content for side events that inspires families to move, for example, says Okkonen.

The route planning for the newly launched Jaama MTB event in summer 2021 is still in progress. The estimate is that the lengths of the routes will vary between about 20 and 60 kilometers.

—The routes will be very drivable and, for cyclists looking for speed, also fast. Differences in height accumulate from the ridges along the route, but there will be no technically difficult sections or large hills on the route, says Okkonen.

Jaama Winter as an invitational event because of corona

Due to corona restrictions, the first Jaama Winter event is organized as an invitation-only event, in which no more than 20 people can participate per day.

—We are waiting for the corona situation to calm down and we are acting according to the authorities' recommendations. Regarding the events in June, we are holding out hope that the restrictions can be eased and more people can participate in the events than now, says Okkonen.

Despite the invitational nature of the event, those interested in the first Jaama Winter can ask the organizer about available places.

—Our plan is that in March we will pilot the event for the first time. We hope that the participants will also be enthusiastic about the ideation that will develop the event. In addition to partners, we have free places for enthusiastic enthusiasts - especially if the same person is ready to participate on both days, says Okkonen.

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INFO: Jaama Events

• Jaama Winter 20.-21.3.2021:
  • ​Saturday 20.3.: Cycling 20/40 km
  • Sunday 21.3.: Run 10/20 km
• Jaama MTB 5 June 2021:
  • ​Sets also for electric bikes
  • The routes will be announced in March 2021
• Jaama Run 6.6.2021
  • 5/12/24 km and the Mini-Jaama aimed at children under 10 years old (about 1 km)
• Event information is being updated on jaamaevents.com
• ​The responsible organizers of the events are Kontiolahti Outdoor and Kontiolahti Urheilijat

More information: Development manager Mika Okkonen, Kontiolahti Outdoor, 050-3756733