Friday 31 January 2014

Friday

Good morning at 7AM: -11.5 Celsius, light air from SE, light snowfall, fair visibility and another 3-4cm of snow in last 24hours. Great conditions and soon there will be great trails.
Late update: Nice day out with some sunshine and light snowfall.


Thursday 30 January 2014

Wednesday 29 January 2014

Wednesday update

Since Robert have been busy with marking skitracks and rescuing dogs today, I can tell you that we had a really nice day today. We had a beautiful sunrise (we have been waiting for it) and a nice tour in fresh snow in the area around Veslefjell. We also went to the top, this time from the south. The other group went to the Canyon. By the time we got back, it started snowing again.

 Muen said good morning!


 ....and good bye.
Todays troll! Angry?

Wednesday

7AM: -9,6 Celsius, gentle breeze from E, partly cloudy, good visibility we had about 3-4cm of fresh snow in last 24hrs. Most of the trails to the South were prepared yesterday and some will be to the North today.

Tuesday 28 January 2014

Tuesday

7AM: -8.6 Celsius, good visibility, light breeze from SE, another 3-4cm of fresh snow in last 24hrs.

Monday 27 January 2014

Monday - Kyrkjegardsfjellet tour

7AM: -11.8 Celsius, light air, fair visibility, light snowfall and about 3-4cm of fresh snow in last 24hrs.
Afternoon update: the weather turned out to be much nicer than it was forecasted, so we enjoyed a nice tour around Kyrkjegardsfjell.

Sunday 26 January 2014

More wind and snow on the way


7AM: -11.9 Celsius, light snowfall, light air, fair visibility. We received about 6-7cm of snow in last 48hrs and expecting more coming in next 2 days - along with stronger wind.

Saturday 25 January 2014

Windy days

6AM: -12.8 Celsius, gentle breeze from S-SE, limited visibility.
Late update: It has been snowing and blowing all day, most of the southern trails were prepared.

Friday 24 January 2014

Look who I met on my way home a few days ago

A nice couple!

Must be a troll since he has only one eye!

Friday

7AM: -17.1 Celsius, light air from E-SE, fair visibility, light snowfall, about 2cm of fresh snow in last 24hours.

Thursday 23 January 2014

Southern tour

Yesterday we had a nice tour around Forbundsfjellet - temperature was around -15 Celsius with a bit of a breeze. Nice views and still amazing colors on and from the top.


Wednesday 22 January 2014

Wednesday - North to Northwest

7AM: -16 Celsius, light air from S-SE, overcast, fair visibility.
Late update: We enjoyed a great tour around Indre Uksan and even had some sunshine on our way back. Temperatures dropped down to sub 20 Celsius for the evening.





Tuesday 21 January 2014

Veslefjell

Some of us went to the top of Veslefjell and then around. Lots of light, fluffy snow. Even sunshine at the end of the tour!! Beautiful colors towards the west in the afternoon.

 


Tour around the central areas




We had a great time ski touring around the central parts of Venabygdsfjellet looking at light conditions and snow covered trees.

Tuesday

7AM: -14.9 Celsius, light breeze from S-SE, fair visibility, light snowfall.
Evening update: It turned out to be a lovely day with some sunshine here and there.

Monday 20 January 2014

Monday

7AM: -12.6 Celsius, light air from SE, light snowfall, fair visibility. We received about 7-8cm of snow throughout the weekend, so snow depth is closing to 1 meter.

Sunday 19 January 2014

Sunday on Dynjefjell - off piste wonder

11AM: -12 Celsius, light air from SE, fair visibility, light snowfall. Most of the trails have been prepared today.
Late update: Great tour on Dynjefjell - amazing snow conditions off piste. We even spotted a snow turtle.



Saturday 18 January 2014

Saturday

6AM: -13.2 Celsius, light breeze from SE, overcast, fair visibility. We have received about 8-10cm of snow in last 24hrs.
Late update: It was a nice day with a mix of wind , sunshine, clouds and light snowfal. Most of the trails were prepared today.

Friday 17 January 2014

Friday

6AM: -12.3 Celsius, gentle breeze from SE, light snowfall, fair visibility. Another 5mm of precipitation has fallen in last 24hrs.

Thursday 16 January 2014

Snow snow snow

7AM: -12.7 Celsius, light breeze from S-SE, light snowfall, fair visibility. We have got another 8mm of precipitation in last 24hours which gives us a snow-depth around the 90cm mark. More snow on the way - great!



Wednesday 15 January 2014

More snow - tour to Myafallet

7AM: -14.6 Celsius, light air from N-NW, fair visibility, light snow fall. We had a couple of centimeters of snow fallen in last 24hrs and it looks like we will get more in next 3 days.
Late update: We had a lovely tour to Myafallet on skis and snowshoes.


Tuesday 14 January 2014

The change is here



Afternoon update: The weather changed significantly with more moisture and light precipitation moving into our area. We received about 3-4cm of fresh snow overnight and we had low visibility and light snow fall all day along. Despite of all these facts we had a fantastic time out around Forbundsfjellet. We do not really see so much snow cover on trees like what we saw today - it was purely amazing.

Monday 13 January 2014

Monday

7AM: -23.1 Celsius, light air from N-NW, clear, great visibility.
Late update: After a nice cold and clear morning clouds were moving in which was a great sign of a significant change in the weather. We will see what tomorrow brings.



Sunday 12 January 2014

Cold night and day

7AM: -21.3 Celsius, light breeze from NE, great visibility, another 2-3cm of snow in last 24hrs. We had cold weather all night in -20 Celsius range. Most of the trails have been prepared in last 24hrs.
9PM update: It turned out to be a fantastic sunny day!

Saturday 11 January 2014

It is snowing

7AM: -11.2 Celsius, light breeze from E, snowing,  limited visibility. We have had about 3 cm of snow in last 24hrs and it started snowing again this morning.

Friday 10 January 2014

More snow on the way

7 AM: -8 Celsius, gentle breeze from N, partly cloudy. Trails prepared in last 48 hours: Trabelia rundt, Kyrkjegardfjell rundt and to Jonnhalt and back towards Lauvasaa, Indre Uksan and Veslefjell roundt. At the moment Forbundsfjellet, Trimloypa, Dynjefjellet and Svartfjellet loops are not prepared - I guess they will be today.
Snow condition outside of trails: rather firm in open areas with some hollow parts around water catchment zones, around forest areas the snow is good, but some areas expect heavier skiing (breaking through) condition.
Snow in trails is hard and almost icy, some places higher up was softer. We would still call it a klister or at least klister based skiing condition.
Looking at weather forecast for the next days: it looks very promising with more snow coming from this evening on until Sunday morning. We hope we could get a few centimeters of snow to refresh the top layer and move back to "blue" condition.

Thursday 9 January 2014

More Photos

Since we finally had a beautiful, sunny winter-day, we'll show you some more photos!

Foggy down in the valley.

Towards Indre Uksan.

The snow shows the way (or at least the wind direction)


Misty along Flaksjøen on the way back.

Sunny day

It has been a great day out on freshly prepared trails. Nice views all around including a small reindeer herd in far distance towards Grahogdbu DNT hut.