Editing Elfstedentocht (section)

=== Alternative Elfstedentocht ===
An "alternative Elfstedentocht" has been held every year in January since 1989 on the [[Weissensee (Carinthia)|Weissensee]] in [[Carinthia]], Austria.

The 930 [[Metres above the Adriatic|mAA]] (3051&nbsp;ft) lake is 12&nbsp;km long (7 miles) and around 3000 speed skaters do either the 50, 100 or 200&nbsp;km (30, 60 or 125 mile) course at what is likely to be the world's largest ice sport event.

The Dutch Speed Skating Championship is part of the event and the fastest competitors do the 200 kilometre (125 mile) course in just over five hours.<ref>Information about the event on the [http://www.weissensee.com/en/natureislauf/speed-skating/ homepage of the municipality of Weissensee] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909005927/http://www.weissensee.com/en/natureislauf/speed-skating/ |date=2017-09-09 }} and the [http://www.weissensee.nl/ website of the organisers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316050844/http://www.weissensee.nl/ |date=2014-03-16 }}.</ref>