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March 2009 |
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New page started - to see past reports from last month see here» March 27: Sensational day on the island of Kågen, unbelievable powder and not another skier in sight. The day was blue bird clear and not a breath of wind on the mountain. For the last day of the week, this was really a high as we've had it all this week with storms and clear skies. We skied the main face twice as the snow was sooo good. Paul skied Sorbmegaiser and had powder top to bottom down the south west ramp from the south summit. Photos today from Store Kågentinden.
March 26: Super powder today from Sorbmegaiser's middle ridge from the Northern summit. Sorbmegaiser is the mountain just left side of Store Haugen behind the lodge and is 1288m.The climb up through the open forest has an incredible backdrop view over the Lyngen Peninsula, the views really are jawdroppingly amazing. The snow mid mountain is really great powder and the upper slopes are wind blown from the strong SW winds that are blowing over the Lyngen Fjord. Paul's group made a traverse of Ulø¸ya to Blåtinden summit and reported a real quality mountain day out. My group were happy campers today with the powder turns and summit ice bar...
March 25: Incredible conditions on the Strupbreen, which is the glacier just opposite the lodge. The snow was perfect today with powder from the summit to sea level. The scenery is absolutely stunning as one side you have a mass of beautiful mountains and the other a long glacier stretching to the fjords below. Both my and Paul's group headed to the summit of Tafeltinden with about an hour between us. We skied the east face down from the Tafeltinden and the snow is showing signs of positive stability...what a day... just amazing. Five photos from the Strupbreen tour.
March 24: You can't have a ski tour in cold weather without a little whiskey to warm the bits the wind has frozen! Ian Standing's hip flask was out at lunch and we all had a wee sip of Rusty Nail.. It was another stormy day with heavy snow showers producing good snow mid mountain, high up the snow is avalanche prone due to soft slab building. Both groups headed into the Rotsundalen two valleys behind the lodge for some forest action. Tomorrow it looks like a real weather break with sunshine so we hope to head a little north into the fjord.
March 23: The snow is falling again and with no wind the powder is super light but the visibility has been quiet low above 600m altitude today as the weather is coming from the north which brings moist air in off the ocean which means powder snow too! My group skied up to Sorbmegaiser and the snow was falling so heavy that the tracks were covered after 10 minutes. Mid mountain was the best and tree skiing today was deep, fast and tight between the birch trees, my favourite! Paul skied Ulø¸ya with his group and reported powder top to bottom but poor vision above 600m, they finished at Havnnes and ate fish at the village shop.
March 22: The weather has cleared and it's been an amazing powder day in Lyngen. Our new groups arrived for this week, Paul Held and myself are guiding this week. My group headed to Ulø¸ya Island to ski Kjelvågtinden from the boat and Paul skied Store Haugen above the lodge for a great first day of the week. The groups are all charged up and super motivated to ski. The snow is becoming more stable so we'll venture into some interesting terrain this week. Photos from Ulø¸ya today.
March 20: Big storm hit in the night giving more snow. It became colder and skiing above 200m above the beach was good light snow. The avalanche danger has increased up the mountain so we skied laps of the trees from Dalbergen to the lodge. In the afternoon we fished from the Spirit and caught 4 good sized cod which Ali is at this moment preparing for dinner. Bruce headed around to the trees in Rotsund dalen and reported good snow but slab snow above 500m. Photos today from Store Haugen and fishing.
March 19: are you ready for this..., super powder as heavy snow has fallen all day and skiing conditions are super sized at excellent. We headed into the Rotsund Valley to get improved visibility as the cloud was low on the fjord side. The trees are well spaced and the snow deep and perfect for high speed tree dodging! If you're out next week you in for a ski fest as the snow will be excellent. 5 star points for John today as he didn't get lost in the forest...
March 18: Amazing snow but a total white out today..., more important was John Martin's 60th birthday. We made a cake with loads of candles and it took the entire group to blow them out in relay. We also have Barbara who is a pro jazz singer and she sang just for John.
March 17: Ascent of Sorbmegaiser today with a little fresh snow but still some wind blowing strong on the summit. The forests stayed sheltered and the snow was fantastic, we skied a line to the far right through wide spaced trees. The clouds pulled in from the north this afternoon which made for some snow squalls that will deliver colder powder snow over night. Bruce's group headed to Strupbreen and Tafeltinden and reported high winds on the summit but good snow lower down between the clouds! Photos from my group on the Sorbmegaiser.
March 16: Windy today... but as always Ulø¸ya (Island) gave super skiing down the west face to the beach, well, today we skied until the forest began then skinned back up to 800 meters then skied back to the harbour. The wind was blowing strong so skiing steep lee slopes now is out for the moment. Bruce Goodlad's group headed up to Store Haugen and skied good happy soft snow all the way to the lodge. My group are behaving badly and John Martin our regular guest from St.Anton should not be let outside without supervision! See his antics below...aghhh
March 15: New week and new group from all over Europe, Germany, Slovenia, England, Scotland and Austria. The weather has changed and even 5cm of snow fell overnight which made for some nice skiing this morning up Store Haugen for the first day. Bruce Goodlad a UK guide is here this week also and his group boarded the Spirit of Lyngen and headed to Ulø¸ya for an ascent of Kjelvågtinden above Havnnes. The weather forecast is for heavy snow over the coming days.
March 14: Change over day. March 13: Skiing down Gammvikblaisen from a boat drop off at yt Gammvik on the Northern end of the peninsula. The weather drew in a little during the day as we climbed the glacier. We were two groups today, Markus from Austria and my group. We headed up the glacier and split the decent between a nice couloir to the south east to In Gammvik which is beautiful hidden valley with 6000 year old stone age settlements close to the beach. My group headed down the glacier back to Ytre Gammvik. It was the last day of a great week and a big thank you to the great and fun guests who have stayed with us.
March 12: It was my birthday so I took it easy! March 11: I literally woke up with a moose this morning :) At 6.30am I found these three moose munching on my bushes, they hung around for some photos while I was running around in my pj's and camera equipment. The ski plan today was to head over the fjord by boat to the Strupbreen Glacier and ski the Tafeltinden 1395m. This unique mountain touches the hearts of all who climb across the glacier as the scenery is outstanding and actually it's hard to find words to explain just how amazing it is. The Austrian group and my guys teamed up and had a real fun Euro day out. We made the summit in 4 hours and the snow down to Koppangen was actually super good. Check my three new friends below!
March 10: Boat journey to Kågen today to escape the wind and try and find some snow that's been hiding on the lee side of the wind that's been blowing over the last few days. We moored against the fantastic natural harbour with a rock shelf at mid tide which makes for a superb landing and then skinned up away from the beach towards the southern S. Kågtinden. The snow was hard for the first hour up to 400m, the scenery is spectacular with towering rock walls above your head on both sides of the valley. We reached the fine col below the summit of Kågtinden and enjoyed good skiing on compressed powder from 1000m to 400m where it turned hard again. The boat pick up was direct off the beach and the team were back at the lodge for tea at 4.30pm. Five photos from today.
March 9th: It's been windy today but above the lodge the Sorbmegaiser has been offered good skiing. It hasn't been cold just very windy with some big waves in the fjord. This week we have two groups at the lodge, an Austrian group and my group who are from France, Germany, Italy and Norway, real EU competition! I'm sure the Austrians will soon begin to yodel but I think they are waiting for the Northern Lights first.
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