There has been happening quite a lot in my life lately but I feel super balanced now. Positive things in this moment are that finally I got time to write my blog and I also think I have a great opportunity now to make a plan what I really want to do in the working life as I still haven't win in a lottery. Remembering the past adventures is always a great way to rise up the dreams for the future but it can also cause some serious skiing fever.
So what the part 2 is about... Oh Norway, my favourite country Norway. I should really once count the days I have spent in that spectacular country during past 10 years. On spring 2016 it was time for a bit over two weeks skiing trip, with 10 days on skis, 1 real rest day and 4 days travelling. The whole journey turned to be awesome despite quite many change of plans and a lot of driving. Hope you enjoy the ride!
Week 1
Our first plan was to make a dream come true and go skiing to Lofoten. The conditions were unfortunately not on our side. One week before our trip the weather forecast started to look pretty scary, just rain, rain, rain and temperatures over +5 celsius. So did we wanted to still go and check the reality? Did we have a plan B? Not really but we managed to make it pretty fast. Luckily we had a deal that we still could cancel our accommodation in Lofoten and Narvik. It didn't feel so nice to do it but as we wanted to go skiing the cottage owners totally understood our point of view. Stranda had been already in our minds as an option for that week but we still couldn't find any nice and affordable cottage from that area. After some phone calls we decided to vote for Stryn. One call to our favourite cottage owner at Strynsvatn, a ferry from Turku to Stockholm and soon we were driving towards to the place we used to spend some summer weeks on skis - exiting how it would be in winter conditions!The warm temperatures were also hitting Stryn area but otherwise the weather was on our side with a lot of sun. For sure the the cold nights and warm days made its tricks for the snow but mostly it was just pure joy hiking up and skiing down. Let the pictures talk more than the words.
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| Ski day 1: warm up round in a whiteout, Grotli area. |
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| Ski day 2: on the top of Kyrkjenibba 1400 m. |
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| Ski day 2: it was definetly a beautiful tour day there and back. Kyrkjenibba, Stryn. |
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| Ski day 3: kind of rest day hike up to Bergsetnakken 1133 m. |
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| Ski day 4: the big day - up to Skåla. |
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| Ski day 4: some steep and icy terrain surprised us on the way up to Skåla. |
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| Ski day 4: Skålatornet. You could also stay overnight here. Or take a part in a running competition in the summer maybe? |
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| Ski day 4: after hiking up 1800 vertical meters it's easy to smile. |
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| Ski day 4: maybe the most beautiful scenery I have ever been skiing down. Skåla, Loen. |
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| Ski day 4: it was a long tour but more than worth of all the challenges we had on the way. |
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| Ski day 5: Over 5000 vertical meters in 5 days checked. |
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| Ski day 5: this what happens when you ski and travel enough together. Moods of Norway. |
Week 2
Half of the group had to travel back home and we were having some days before we kind of had to be in Northern Sweden. We had booked and payed two nights in advance in the Hotel Riksgränsen as the original plan was to stay for another week skiing somewhere in Northern Sweden or Norway after Lofoten. There was no chance to cancel the hotel room without loosing the money. We had once tried to drive almost the same distance with one stop tactic and I have to say it wasn't so nice travelling. This time we decided to take it more relaxed. First we enjoyed a real day off after skiing for five days and visited an amazing Kråkenes Lighthouse and stunning Refviksanden Beach couple of hours drive from Stryn. The next morning we started it early and drove up to Mo i Rana just to have a good sleep on the way up to north. We got some last minute offer so one night with dinner and breakfast costed only 45 € per person in Clarion Collection Hotel Helma. The next day we drove to Narvik, well rested and eager to explore some mountains again. And meanwhile the bad weather had turned back to perfect winter conditions.If we were already smiling after the first week, the second was laminating the smile on our faces. We hiked another a bit over 5000 vertical meters during that week too and in four different places; Narvik, Riksgränsen, Lyngen and Pallas. Let the pictures tell the story again.
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| 1st day off from skis : Kråkenes Lighthouse. |
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| 1st day off from skis: Refviksanden Beach |
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| Ski day 6: Enjoying ski-touring again in great conditions in Spanstinden near Narvik. |
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| Ski day 6: On the top of Spanstinden 1457 m. |
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| Ski day 6: making first turns in Spanstinden. |
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| Ski day 7: hiking up to Nordalsfjäll in Riksgränsen. |
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| Ski day 7: should I ski in Norway or Sweden or both? |
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| Ski day 7: Enjoying some amazing conditions on the backyard of Nordalsfjäll. |
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| Ski day 8: skiing down from Rassevarri 1166 m, Lyngen. |
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| Ski day 8: after Rassevarri we still had some power in our legs to ski up an down the opposite mountain Perstinden 917 m. |
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| Ski day 9: some nice but more packed and tracked powder in Rørnestinden 1041 m, Lyngen. |
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| Ski day 10: after quite nice Norwegian powder days Pallas was offering us some Finnish powder with not so good visibility. But it was still worth of it. |
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| Ski day 10: in the last meters the sun came to say hi again, Pallas. |
After going through quite many pictures I feel again so amazingly happy that I was able to make this adventure. Just want to thank you all my skiing friends (and our families at home who are always helping and supporting us to to what we love to do) making it best ever before next season that is now going on and haven't been that bad either so far. In one week the mountains in Norther Norway are calling us soon again - so see you there my friend!
Pictures: Pauliina and Roope Sjölund (iPhone 5 & 6, GoPro Hero4)
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