Last day of 2015

Good morning at 7AM: -2.8 Celsius, light breeze from SE, fair visibility and a couple of cm of fresh snow in last 24hrs - and we are expecting more.
We had a beautiful snowshoe tour to Myafallet.

Wednesday - local fog and wind

7AM: -6.3 Celsius,local fog, moderate breeze from S. We are expecting some precipitation and wind in next days.

Great tour on the southern trails.

Tuesday

7AM: -6.7 Celsius, light breeze from S, foggy, limited visibility.

Monday

7AM: -11.8 Celsius, partly cloudy, light air from S-SE, good visibility.
Fantastic day out with beautiful morning colors and clouds.

Sunday - cold start

Good morning at 6 AM: -16.7 Celsius, light air from N, partly cloudy, great viability.
We had a nice day out in the central areas on good trails.

Saturday

8AM: -10.3 Celsius, light breeze from NW, great visibility - full moon!

Friday - Christmas day

We had a lovely Christmas day out on the snow - skiing around the central parts of Venabygdsfjellet. The wind picked up and we had some light snowfall, temperatures were around -2 and -5 Celsius.

Thursday - Christmas Eve

Good morning at 6AM: -4 Celsius, gentle breeze from S-SE, partly cloudy. We are expecting more wind and precipitation in next 24hrs.

Fresh snow

6AM: -5.7 Celsius, light air from SE, clear sky.We have about 3-4 cm of fresh snow.
Amazing snowshoe tour to Myafallet.

Tuesday

7AM: -4,1 Celsius, light breeze from E-SE, great visibility.

Monday - Northern Lights

8AM: +0.1 Celsius, gentle breeze from S-SE, good visibility. After a mild day we had an amazing evening with a full show of Northern Lights.

Mild weather

7AM: +2.5 Celsius, gentle breeze from S, low visibility.

Saturday

7AM: Beautiful morning and sunrise, -2.6 Celsius, light breeze from E-SE, great visibility.
Snow condition: We have about 30cm of snow, giving a nice white colour to the whole landscape.
Trail conditions: Most of the southern  and central trails including Kyrkjegardsfjell, Trabeliafjell and to Jonnhalt and Spitsbergseter were prepared yesterday. Northern trails have not been driven due to the low snow depth although it is always possible to enjoy off piste skiing.

Friday

7AM: -1.7 Celsius, local fog, low visibility, and about 2mm of precipitation in last 36 hours.

Winter season

It seems like we are getting ready for another wonderful winter season at Venabygsfjellet. I hope you are just as excited as we are.

A beautiful Sunday in the mountains

About 3 cm of snow so far, and they forecast some more next week

Not so nice down in the valley.......

Winter is on it's way?

Finally, we've got some snow!!! Not much, but enough to make the landscape look like it's winter.

November

Not much snow yet, but we have had some really nice (and rather warm) days.
Beautiful light conditions this time of year.

October

The first snow is here, at least 1 mm!

September

A really, really beautiful week! Nice and warm, almost like summer. Still possible to go for a swim (cold though!!). The only thing that shows that autumn is on its way, is the colors.

Last day of summer??

We had a nice, warm summer day in the Sollia area today. The weatherforecast says colder from now on. If it was the last day of summer, at least we enjoyed it!!!

August

After a cold July, we have now had some nice, warm and beautiful days in August.
Some photos from an outdoor lunch we arranged for a group of German journalists.

Nice day

Summer is here

Summer is here and we had the first guided tour today.

Summer is late

Summer is late this year. We're still waiting for the trees to get their leaves and I heard someone went skiing in the area behind Muen yesterday!!

We enjoy some sunny days and the beautiful scenery with snow on the peaks.

Winter or spring?

We have just finished a cold May with average tempereture 2.2 degrees colder than normal. Fresh snow in the mountains this morning. There is not much snow left in the lower areas of Venabygdsfjellet, but in general, there are more snow now, than what it was at Easter, in mountain areas higher than 1200 m.
Now we hope for a warmer June!!

Photo taken by Mari Haugstad a week ago.

Spring

Spring is here. Snow is melting, although we had fresh snow an a rather cold celebration on our National day, 17th of May.

For those that haven't yet seen that we were on the news in April, here is the link:
http://tv.nrk.no/serie/distriktsnyheter-oestnytt/DKOP99040115/01-04-2015#t=8m5s

(It is in Norvegian, but it is about how we work with cross country, instead of alpine skiing)


And one more winter photo; this is from one of my last days of skiing this season, taken at the west side of Gudbrandsdalen, towards Rondane, in the end of April.

 

Great winter season

Thank you all who have been following us here on the blog and special thanks to everyone who actually made it here and enjoyed the wonders of Venabygdsfjellet. We hope to see you again or on your first time here!
Keep blogging us! Our summer is coming in June and our next winter season is almost here too!

Friday

8AM: -2,2 Celsius, light air from SW, partly cloudy, great visibility.
Skitour in the northern parts of Venabygdsfjellet and back by Brennflya. Great conditions for skiing out of the tracks.

Veslefjell

Another beautiful day! Easter conditions; a bit icy in the morning, then nice and soft. Skiing in the Veslefjell area.