On the 28-30th of January in Karelia the VII International Snow Race Festival «OpenKarelia-2011» will take place.

For several years the festival gathers a large number of participants from different regions of Russia and Scandinavia (Norway, Finland and Sweden). The main idea of the festival is not to just compete but also to communicate with those who love extreme and travelling, who has been riding professionally and who has just started making first steps in this.

The aim of the event is to develop snowmobile division in Russia and promote active recreation. Karelia is favorably among other Russian regions because of a great amount of snow in late January, the good winter weather and various and varied in elevation trails and over 1000 km of roads suited for snowmobiles.

In the program there are two team races “Karelian Enduro” and “Country Cross”, which this year will be divided into two stages on two different tracks. Every participant can choose a form of participation, distances and races. Or one can just try all the tracks of the festival in a free ride mode.

This year there are about 120 participants and the totall number of guests is about 150 people. Women and kids are going to compete along with men.

To celebrate the end of the even there will be a Snow Fest Party – informal party with activities and live music performances by Petrozavodsk musicians.