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Shortened route has been proposed. Decision tomorrow at earliest.
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Shortened route has been proposed. Decision tomorrow at earliest.
Notice that lot of the sponsor money for the rally comes from Karlstad. If the event is moved to north that sponsorship is gone.
The stages are organized by local motoring clubs and voluntaries. Do they have similar stuff in north?
And surely it would be hard to find enough good stages near the (new possible) Rally HQ /SP.
I heard the hilly north of Sweden has a lot of skiing and the hotels will be booked-up by skiers.
That is true for the western part of central and northern Sweden (in the mountains), like Sälen, Idre, Härjedalen/Vemdalen, Åre..... .
However I don't think there is that much skiing in the Umeå area since that area is relatively flat compared the mountains in the west.
A road like that is a mix of stones, gravel, clay and soil. When dry in the summer or frozen in the winter, it can be as hard as tarmac.
No, they are gravel roads just like the one in the pic below. As I said the situation in the pic above is what happens when the road has been frozen (and covered with snow) but have defrosted.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...road_BD613.jpg