Cool winter kitesurfing at Rosebud

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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Tverrfjellet deep fresh snow backcountry skiing

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.

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Great ski day on Tredjefellet after more snow overnight.

Great ski day on Tredjefellet after more snow overnight. We set off skinning in poor visibility.

A dusting of fresh snow but quite firm icy snow underneath. We put on ski crampons to ascend to the summit for some tantalising glimpses of the mountains around us.

On our descent the clouds parted to reveal superb views to surrounding mountains. Great skiing in some soft snow.

We did two more runs. 1000m of climbing in total. Very happy faces.

Skiing Hunborhaugen in winter conditions

Hunborhaugen. Fresh snow overnight and cold Arctic weather with strong winds up high. We searched for a good location to ski and chose the lower slopes of Hunborhaugen.

Skinning up we encountered both wind blown ice and nice fresh soft snow. The wind was strong and cold above the treeline. 

We had patches of sun alternating with snow falls during the day.

Skiing through widely spaced trees in soft snow was magic. We did four runs before returning back to base at Hamn I Senja for a nice afternoon rest and a nice dinner.

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Funky snow up high on Skolpan and good views

Skolpan is a nice summit with great views. Some funky snow up high. George set a good pace. 

We met a large German group near the summit. The ski descent got better as we descended.

Good tips from Alison helped us all handle the tricky snow. The tree skiing was nice towards the bottom.

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Great snow and skiing on Raudtinden to finish our Narvik tour

Fresh snow overnight and improving weather at last. James and Andy chose to go to Raudtinden, a route we attempted last year but didn't get to the top due to low cloud. This is a place to ski near Narvik when there is poor weather forecast.

We skied on a trail up through the trees, stopping for one quick lap in fresh snow then continued up above the tree line over a series of bulges to reach the summit.

The run down the other side was excellent skiing with fantastic views to surrounding peaks. After three marvellous runs we headed down into trees and then back along a return trail.