Northern areas

We had an amazing day exploring Muen area and beyond.The views and the condition was just perfect -highlights were; a small herd of reindeer and a wolverine track along the fascinating views of Rondane National park and Venabygdsfjellet.

North - Northeast

7AM: -7.5 Celsius, calm, partly cloudy, great visibility. Heading out for another fine day.

What a lovely day again in the open areas - visiting Grahogdbu DNT cabin and  Dorjuvet canyon - enjoying the beautiful scenery and our ability to move off piste. We even managed to spot some animal tracks such as moose and wolverine.

Saturday blizzard and views

1PM update: Looking outside it seems like we are in a middle of a blizzard. It is snowing and blowing heavy - despite of the mild (+1.3 Celsius) temperature.
We just had a fun tour checking out our skisafari areas and found some amazing views including animal tracks. This could be the question of this weekend. Which animal did leave these tracks?(answer is in the title of pictures) Of course all these photos were taken before the snow came down.

"Tourday"

Good morning. 7 AM: -10 Celsius, light air from N-NW, clear sky. No sign of forecasted clouds and -20 Celsius. No complaint at all. Weather seems stable to me for at least a few more days, according to other sources it might change even getting a bit of snowfall for Sunday.

Great tour in Muen area, spotted 2 groups of reindeer, one on Veslemuen, other one across Road 27 at Ramstinden. Amazing morning with a lot of fog and lights around, coming back in sunset.

Kykjegardsfjell and Gulltjonn

Here are some images from today's tour around Gulltjonn and Kyrkjegardsfjell. As you can see there were lots of tracks here also. We could see many hare tracks, but also fox, grouse and mouse. No wind, sun and -6 degrees. Can there be a better place to be ??

Early morning visit

As I walked out of my door this morning I saw a lot of bunny tracks all around. I guess the easter bunny comes a few weeks too early this year.

Fox track

We found this beautiful track close to Kloppjonnet.

Kyrkjegardsfjellet Tour

We set out this morning in the fog (official forecast: sunny day , temperature around -10 Celsius) looking for some sunny spots around Kyrkjegardsfjellet. It was a lovely day with some very special lights and fog combination. The sun almost broke through the thick layer, but after a few tries gave up. Some areas were pretty cold, close to -16 Celsius with lots of moisture, which made the air biting in our faces. Tracks were in great condition and we enjoyed our day out. We even came across an elk track crossing the ski trail close to Holtesetervegen.

Animal tracks

Just a few more pictures of ptarmigan tracks. As you might know that ptarmigans make small holes in snow and stay there, it is mainly for protection (hiding from weather). If you are lucky you might see them flying out from these holes, breaking through the snow layer, leaving wing prints behind. These holes are also used as toilets, so you can find bird droppings left behind. I also put and extra animal track in our collection: it is an Elk track close up (found close to Myafallet), they live lower down in the forrested areas, commonly seen animal in Norway.

Hare track

Looking at a hare track you find and interesting thing. Which way did this hare go? You would think it is from the right to the left, but when you look at the second picture you see the paws` position, so when hares travel, first their small front paws touch the ground, then the larger back feet travel over the paws still on the ground, and land in front of the planted front paws. Therefore, tracks of the front paws lie behind the tracks of the back paws.

It is moving from the left to the right.

Animal Track

Interesting track for you. You can see the wings making marks in the snow after a short run and jump then taking off. It is a ptarmigan track.