American Birkebeiner

Wave Placement for the Bikie and Kortelopet is based on a first received, first placed basis.

Please See 2013 Percent-Back Charts Below:

If you skied the Birkebeiner or Kortelopet in 2010, 2011 or 2012, your wave placement will be based on your best percent back from those years. The Elite Skate Wave consists of the Top 200 men and Top 50 women from results of the previous year (2012).  The Top 80 men and Top 20 women from the previous year's classic race (2012) will start in the Elite Classic Wave.

If you are registering for the Birkie or Korte skate race and have Birkie or Korte skate times from the past three years, the best percent back from the skate races will be used for wave placement.  If you are registering for the Birkie or Korte classic race and have Birkie or Korte classic times from the past three years, the best percent back from the classic races will be used for wave placement. 

If you register for skate and do not have a Birkie or Korte skate time from these years, your best Birkie or Korte classic percent back will be converted into a skate percent back and you will be seeded accordingly. (See the conversion factor information below). The same will hold true if you register for Birkie or Korte classic, but have only Birkie or Korte skate times from the past three years.

Or, if you do not have a Birkie or Korte 2010, 2011 or 2012 time in the technique in which you register for in 2013, you may use a qualifying race from 2011, 2012 or 2013 which is officially designated as the technique you will be skiing. There will be no conversion used when submitting qualifying race information. You may be seeded up to wave 4 (depending on wave availability).

Or, even if you have skied the Birkie or Korte in 2010, 2011 or 2012, you may ski the following event to move up as far as wave 4 in the Birkie or Korte Classic races (depending on wave availability):

• 2013 Seeley Classic 42K for the Birkie Classic race
• 2013 Seeley Classic 22K for the Kortelopet Classic race

If you are a new skier to the Birkie or Korte, you may use a 2011, 2012 or 2013 qualifying race for wave placement up to wave 4 (depending on wave availability). The qualifying race must be in the technique in which you are registering. Consideration will be given, at the discretion of the race staff, for higher wave placement based on individual qualifying race results. Factors taken into consideration are race length, degree of difficulty of course, number of participants and placement.

The deadline for requesting the following changes is January 31, 2013. The only changes that can be made at this time are listed below.

• Technique Change - $15
• Wave Change Requests (qualifying race info must be provided) - Fee $15
• Birkie to Korte - Fee $15 (no additional fee if technique change is made at same time)
• Korte to Birkie - Fee $30 (no additional fee if technique change is made at same time)
• Prince Haakon to Birkie or Korte is not available after the Birkie and Korte registrations close. 

Availability: If the race has not filled based on the established cap then changes will be allowed until January 31, 2013. Wave assignment will be based on availability at that time.

All change requests must be made by phone by the skier only. Call 715-634-5025. Credit card number will be required and fees will be charged as listed above.

More information on Qualifying Races and Criteria is available here.