Incident to the police in Hedmark notified on twitter at 23.18 Saturday night that there is a search and rescue after three dog teams that are weatherproof in Rendalen.
– We know where the riders are going, they have GPS tracking wearing , said operations Kjartan Waage police.
The police have not been in direct contact with the three mushers and operation manager says that the message came from the checkpoint Søvollen, that they missed three riders. It is about one Norwegian driving, and two foreign.
Police said the Red Cross in Rendalen is notified, and they can get assistance from the Red Cross at Tynset should it become necessary. Also the Rescue Coordination Centre is notified.
It has not yet been possible to get to the dog teams with ships, when the weather according to police is inadequate.
Operations Waage says it is stated that it will be critical for life and health of one of the riders in front of the night.
Race Director Roger Leegaard in Femundløpet says at midnight on Sunday that they are trying to contact the three mushers to find out how it rests with them.
– The police have coordination of both this action and exploration campaign after four junior riders, explains Leegaard.
– There are also several other weatherproof 600-dog in the mountains, you Leegaard tell.
The management of Femundløpet put at 20 o’clock Saturday night launched a major rescue operation to bring down four young riders in Femundløpet junior.
– It is part drama in Femundløpet moment . Four young riders is in biuvakk in Narskaftet in Os municipality. They are weatherproof, so that the situation has escalated to become a rescue mission. We are now trying to get them down the mountain so that they do not have to be there all night. It is very demanding conditions because of heavy snowfall and strong winds, says jury chairman Roger Leegaard to Work Right.
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Have contact
Leegaard says that two of the riders sit together, the two remaining seated separately little away.
– We have ongoing contact with all four, no one has been injured and is really in good spirits, impressive enough, he continues.
– This is no fun situation but we think safety and want to get them down the mountain as fast as possible.
Freezer F400
Jury Management has also decided to freeze Femundløpet F400 with two hours.
– This is added to the four obligatory hours they shall rest in Tufsingdalen. All riders are preliminary at this checkpoint. The first rider should have pulled out approximately at 21.15, but excursion is delayed by two hours. That is, if we do not freeze during further.
Roger Leegaard confirms the extreme weather in the mountains is crucial.
– Several mushers in F400 wants to run, but even if they certainly can take responsibility for their own driving, we must override bit and think more security. They get simply not run on such weather situation is as of now.
Rods mountain tracks
For the riders in F600 is also extremely moment. At 20 o’clock Saturday evening, the jury has decided that mountain lap at Orkelbogen closed so that riders must turn at checkpoint Orkelbogen and take the same trail back a piece before they turn pail against Grimsbu. This gives 25 km shorter trail.
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