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.
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.
Husfjellet on Senja was today's mission. We skied a trail through trees to gain a ridge that took us to the skiers summit.
A short walk along a ridge to the main summit with excellent views across fjords and back to the high er peaks of Senja.
This is one of the best most scenic peaks I have skied in Norway.
Sunny weather and a lovely ski descent all the way to the carpark.
Photos of me skiing were taken by George Reid.
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.
Rain, low cloud, warm temps and wind forecast so we headed to Stetind, Norway's national mountain, to check out skiing up in the bowl, but there was not much snow down low due to warm temperatures and rain. I found out later there was snow down to the road two days earlier.
We drove back through Narvik to Snubba on the road to Evenes. Skied past some curious sheep up to a snow slope in wet snow and light rain.
We did an avalanche rescue scenario followed by an evacuation with a compact emergency sled that fits over skies. It was rather wet so it was good to get back to the hotel to dry things out and have a nice dinner.
Force 10 winds forecast for tomorrow so it might be a day off.
