A calm morning provided excellent conditions for my Fliteboard tour from Aspendale to Mentone and Gnotuk. Nice riding past Mordialloc Pier up to Mentone then back a bit further out.
I stayed up on the foil most of the time, enjoying turns.
I got back to Aspendale with more that 50% battery (Explore) so I continued on down the Gnotuk Av and back.
I swapped out the battery for my Nano battery and did some loop and fast turns up the pier and back.
Session 594. Cold conditions but plenty of wind when we arrived at noon. I pumped up my Wave 6m kite and headed off feeling quite rusty. Wow, what a blast! Nice bay waves and even some sunshine.
I followed the surf line down enjoying the waves then headed back when the wind dropped. I made it back to the main kiting location then walked back to our launch site.
We were chatting on the beach for a while. I took out James' 10m Cabrinha then the wind came back in.
Another short session on my 6m kite. I came in when my hands got too cold. I will wear gloves next time. So good to be back on the water. Quite a few other kiters were out too.
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I got an early start, with a weather forecast of snow around noon. I crossed the road and put my skis on in Olderdalen and started following the route in the Outdoor Active app.
It was a bit tight getting up through some trees to open snow. Views across Kafjord to the Lyngen Alps opened up as I climbed.
I passed over several crests until the summit was visible in the distance.
Excellent summit with great views all around, across to Nordmannviktinden, the Lyngen Alps to the west and snow covered peaks and valleys to the east.
Some Austrian skiers arrived. I chatted to Sebastian from Salzburg who was interested in Australian skiing. I asked him why they were skiing in Norway - he said the ski season in Austria finished at the end of the February so they were keen to come to where there was plenty of snow.
We were joined by another 15 Austrians on the summit so I headed down before the rush and enjoyed primo snow. It's a great descent, good angle and plenty of room. I descended into the gully near the bottom, which would be a better ascent route to one that I came up.
Another superb ski tour and very lucky with the weather again.
Blåtinden, Kjelvågtinden and Uløytinden on the island of Uloya are epic mountains.
I drove to the Rotsund ferry terminal in the morning with good views to the mountains and good weather.
When the ferry arrived it was going to Uløybukt on not Hamnnes - I had misread the timetable.
Over 20 skiers waiting boarded the ferry and there was a 2 hours wait for the next ferry to Hamnnes to I jumped on figuring that the skiers knew where they were going.
Speaking to some on the ferry they advised that they were doing a traverse route of the island and sking the summits .
The pace was fast skinning up through open forest towards an impressive ridge. I tagged along with a friendly Austrian group led by Martin @skioholic.
Steeper skinning gained altitude quickly, opening superb views to Arnoya to the north. Gaining the ridge revealed superb views across to the Lyngen Alps.
We reached the summit Blåtinden with some cloud swirling around the did a long ski run down back into the sun with in excellent snow.
We climbed back up to Uløytinden then skied across to the Kjelvågtinden summit, the most popular ski peak on the island.
The ski descent with views across Kåfjord and the Lyngen Alps was superb. We stopped for a late lunch digging a Norwegian style lunch pit in the snow.
The ski descent entered trees. The firm snow and tight corners were challenging. Arriving at the historic Hamnnes wharf we found that the ferry was leaving very soon so there was a mad ski dash to get to it, just in time.
A hard but rewarding day - 18km & 1683m climbing. Uløya traverse is one of the best ski locations and tours in Norway.
Thai Red curry for dinner at Siam catering AS went down well!
Storhaugen is a popular ski peak with great views across Kåfjord to the Lyngen Alps. This was my first outing for my one week stay in Olderdalen in the Kåfjord region.
I got an early start to beat incoming weather. I drove to the route start and parked among some campervans then headed off along the skin track, stopping to check out a small wooden hut .
Good skinning up through the trees in cool weather with no wind. Views across the fjord to the Lyngen Alps opened up as I climbed .
A snow cloud was descending on the higher peaks above as I worked my way up to the ski summit of Storehaugen following the Varsom map app.
There was low avalanche hazard with firm snow.
I got to the summit cairn on the ridge as the snow clouds arrived. After a snack and some tea I enjoyed a superb ski down finding some soft snow with enough light to see the slope.
I passed a large group on their way up.
I got back in good time for lunch and a rest with the weather deteriorating.
Skinned up to Tverrfjellet with the weather improving to get some really good views to surrounding peaks and back down to fjords.
A lovely ski down twice in deep snow towards a lake then skinned back up to a saddle the down a nice gully to another lake.
Great skiing in deep snow, a cracking last day skiing in Senja.
