Syöte MTB & Syötekylä Gravel Fest 1.8.2026

Syöte MTB is perhaps the best mountain biking event in Finland, held in the astonishing and breath-taking sceneries and challenging terrain of the Syöte national park. The event is aimed at everyone who already has some experience in mountain biking. There's no need for any competition experience or a license.

Experience the beautiful wilderness of the national park
We're offering challenging terrain and loads of singletrack, with minimal amount of road sections
Sweaty climbs and action-packed descents, including the biggest final climb of Finland!
Syöte area offers great tourist services in the premises of the event - why not spend a proper holiday trip at the same time!
Distances MTB approx.: 30 km / 55 km / 110 km
Distances Gravel approx.: 62 km / 125 / 175 km
Mass start and timing
Classes / MTB: Men/Women 18 yrs, Men/Women, e-MTB 30 & 55 km & 110 km, Men 40 yrs, Men 50 yrs, Women 45 yrs Fat Bike, E-Bike, Team 55 km

Welcome to enjoy the nature of Syöte on Sat 1st August, 2026!

Prizes

In MTB classes, prizes will be awarded to the three best individuals. Also other prizes will be drawn. In gravel classes, all finishers get a medal. All participants participate in the prize draw.

Fees and services

Registration for the 2026 event will begin on 6th Dec 2025 at 10:00 EET. Registration form

Registration fee depends of the date of your payment as follows (DD.MM.YYYY):

6.12.2025 - 15.1.2026 16.1.2026 - 31.3.2026 1.4.2026 - 30.6.2026 1.7.2026 - 1.8.2026

All classes and distances 85 € 99 € 109 € 119 €

Payments are completed online.

The amount of participants is limited to 600 + 200, so the event might be sold out very fast. The 2021 event was sold out in 3 minutes and 3 seconds!

The participation fee for MTB classes includes:

Timing
Service points during the course, offering:

water, sports drink, raisins, pickles, rye bread and cheese

A tasty buffet lunch after the event
Shower and/or a Sauna chance
Bike wash facility
Participation in the prize draw
Free entry to the afterparty

Course info

Course map for the 2024 event. Will be updated to 2026 soon.
L = start, M = goal and event office, H1-4 are service points. OH is the self-service point.
The approximate MTB height profile.

The course is about 55 km long and the total ascent is about 1200 meters. The height difference is about 250 meters. The final ascent alone is more than 200 meters!

110 km course (55 km loop + a little extra + 55 km loop) is about 110 km long and the total ascent is about 2000 meters.

Most of the course is somewhat narrow single track apart from the first ~10 km. There are some very minimal and short gravel road sections in between. There's almost no rest from the singletracks! Also some boardwalks/duckboards exist along the course. The course gets more rocky and rooty towards the end, not to mention the final climb, so we advise you to try save some energy till then.

There will for sure be enough challenge to even a very experienced mountain bikers, however the course can be completed also with just basic mountain biking experience. No competition experience or license is needed. Use of helmet is necessary.

A skilled & very fit rider can complete the MTB course with a rigid mountain bike, but we do recommend a proper suspended mountain bike. We advise you not to use cyclocross bikes on the MTB course, but any (wo)man-powered bicycle is allowed. There is no insurance provided to the participants from the organizers, so every participant should take care of his/her own insurance.

Note for e-MTB 110 km: One battery swap is allowed at the start/finish area when heading out for the second lap. This battery swap is only allowed in the 110 km e-MTB distance. You're not allowed to swap batteries in the e-MTB 30 and 55 km distances.
For the gravel courses we would naturally recommend a gravel bike. But a small hint: if you had to choose between a narrower and a wider tire, we would probably choose the wider ourselves.

Guide map, participant info, technical guide

Event office: Hotelli Iso-Syöte, Isosyötteentie 246, 93280 Syöte. During the event, there's very limited motor vehicle access to the event village area.

Participant info 2026 [PDF], in Finnish only. We'll update the English version of the 2026 soon.
Schedule and route map of the free shuttle bus in the event area.

Schedule 2026

Friday 31.7.

14.00 - 21.00 Shuttle bus runs between the start area (lower parking lot) and the Event Office. Free of charge.
14.00 Event Office opens
21.00 Event Office closes

Saturday 1.8. - Syöte MTB and Syötekylä Gravel Fest

07.00 - 24.00 Shuttle bus runs between the start area (lower parking lot) and the Event Office. Free of charge.
07.00 - 08.00 Breakfast buffet available at Hotel Iso-Syöte. Must be pre-booked at reception(ät)isosyote.fi by July 26th at 22:00, advance booking price 20 €.
07.30 Event Office opens
- Pick-up of race numbers
08.00 - 10.30 Extended special breakfast buffet available. Price 30 €, advance booking price 28 €.
08.45 Deadline to drop off items for MTB self-service station (H2) at the start area
09.00 Start, Gravel 62, 125, and 175 km
09.15 Pick-up of race numbers ends
09.30 Start (All Syöte MTB 30, 55, and 110 km classes)
10.45 First 30 km riders expected at the finish line
12.00 First 55 km riders expected at the finish line
12.00 - 20.00 Lunch buffet open. Included in the registration fee. Price for non-participants 19 eur/person.
12.30 Gravel Aid Station 1 (44 km, 125 and 175 km distances only) closes
14.00 Start for the last lap (MTB 110 km distance) closes
14.45 First 110 km riders expected at the finish line
15.15 MTB Aid Station 1 (12/67 km) closes
16.30 MTB Aid Station 2 (25/80 km) closes
16.30 Gravel Aid Station 2 (29 / 92 km / 142 km) closes
17.50 MTB Aid Station 3 (40/95 km) closes
18.00 - 21.00 À la carte available at Hotel Iso-Syöte
18.30 Award Ceremony (all classes)
19.00 Finish line and Event Office close
19.00 - 24.00 Evening gathering, cycling movie, etc. available at Hotel Iso-Syöte restaurant. Restaurant & bar Hilltop serving until 24:00.
24.00 Final shuttle bus departure

Accommodation

Accommodation can be found both in hotels and cottages throughout the Syöte area. Please mention our event when inquiring accommodation, for some businesses might have special offers for our participants.

Hotelli Iso-Syöte & Safari

Hotel and cottage accommodation and restaurant services
Isosyötteentie 246, 93280 Syöte
p. +358 201 476 400
Event office, buffet lunch, and course finish line - all that stuff happens here

Kide Hotel by Iso-Syöte

Hotel accomodation
Romekievarintie 6, 93280 Syöte
kidehotel@isosyote.com

Syötteen Keskusvaraamo

Cottages - the central booking office for cottages, also chalets/apartments and hotel rooms
Romekievarintie 1, 93280 Syöte
p. +358 8 823 400
keskusvaraamo@syote.fi

Hotelli Pikku-Syöte

Hotel accommodation
p. +358 8 815 4000
Syötekeskuksentie 126, 93280 Syöte

Syöte Camping

Camping & Caravan services with sauna, shower and toilets etc.
p. +358 50 476 3606
Takarinteentie 4, 93280 Syöte

Other services

Tunturi Market

Grocery store, medicine, mail, internet, courier services
Romekievarintie 1, 93280 Syöte
p. +358 44 083 8668

Traveling to Syöte area

Easiest way to reach Syöte area is unfortunately by car, but also public transport connections are available. By bus, plane or train you can reach Oulu, from where separate bus connections (Syöte - Pudasjärvi - Oulu) to Syöte are available.

Event office, starts and finish on the map

Further information / need help?

If you have any further questions or need help with something, we'll be happy to help! Please don't hesitate to contact us via email at krossikommuuni [ät] gmail.com

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