Even more wind

Another windy day with changing conditions. We had two skisafaris today, a shorter one in the area around Veslefjell and the canyon, and a longer towards Venåsen (in the north-wests parts of Venabygdsfjellet) and back around Indre Uksan and over to Brennflya. Really windy from NW (7-9 m/sec). Really hard to ski towards the wind, easy and great fun when it came from behind.

snowy

sunny

windy

...and a few falls in the deep snow :-)

Off piste adventure in Northern areas

We had a great time skiing in the Northern parts of Venabygdsfjellet - great conditions to just skate up and down on the hills with magnificent views.

Nice Friday

7AM: -3 Celsius, gentle breeze from W-SW, partly cloudy, good visibility.
Update: Great skisafari to Gråhøgdbu and Dørfallet. Intermediate tour in the area Veslefjell-Dørfallet. Good skiingconditions both in and outside the track. Blue extra most of the day, violet would have been better for a short while :-)

New snow and a great tour to Muen

7AM: -6.8 Celsius, moderate breeze from W-NW, great visibility, partly cloudy and some fresh snow.
Late update: We had a fantastic tour to Muen and back in mixed conditions with great views and no views.

Wednesday - Northern areas

6AM: -0.2 Celsius, light air from S-SW, partly cloudy, great visibility.
Late update: Another nice day on skisafari exploring the northern areas around Muen.

Thursday on Muen

7AM: -12 Celsius, light air from N-NE, local fog, limited visibility.
Late update: We had an amazing tour to Muen and back with some great skiing and interesting visibility.

Wednesday -tour around Uksan

7AM: -10 Celsius, light air from N, great visibility, overcast. We had more Northern Light activity last night.
Late update: Great day out around Indre Uksan looking at amazing light conditions.

Sunday - Northern light activity

7AM: -2 Celsius, gentle breeze from S, limited visibility, snowing and we had about 6-7cm of fresh snow in last 24hrs.
Late update: Interesting snow conditions today with a great afternoon skiing. It seems like the cold weather and sunshine will be back this week.
Evening update: For a about an hour we enjoyed a light play of the northern lights towards Muen.

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?

Cold morning - Northern tours

7AM: -21.5 Celsius, light air from N, clear, great visibility.

Late update: Mixed weather and tour day. We tried to ski on the other side of Muen, but had a hard time with high wind and icy surface, then we changed plan and continued our journey in Svarthammern area, which was pretty amazing - still hard surface and some icy sections, but much better temperature, sunny and great feeling.

Wednesday -Svabudalen tour

7AM: -17 Celsius, light air, partly cloudy, great visibility.
9PM update: Lovely sunny day on our Svabudalen tour - a bit slow snow but great views and feeling.

Tuesday - Northern areas

7AM: -10.1 Celsius, gentle breeze from W-NW, partly cloudy, light snowfall, great visibility.

8PM update: Nice tours from Venåssætra to the northern parts of Venabygdsfjellet. Mixed weather with wind and snow showers - real winter experience.

Thursday

6AM: -10.7 Celsius, gentle breeze from W-NW, clear, great visibility.

8PM update: Great sunny day out in the northern areas.

Friday -more wind

6AM: -4.5 Celsius, fresh breeze from W-NW, partly cloudy, great visibility.
Late update: Great day out there - skiing from Venåssætra to the northern part of Venabygsfjellet. Partly cloudy and windy conditions followed us. We were surprised to see how much wind deposit was everywhere shaping the surface into a new snow world. It seems like we need to be very careful moving on steep ground, because there is a high risk of avalanches (we witnessed a few in Kvandalen). We were on blue extra or violet wax all day!

Tuesday -Reindeer on Muen

7AM: -3 Celsius, light breeze from W-NW, overcast, good visibility. Looking at the weather forecast - we might experience some changes in the next days. It has already started with cloudy and milder conditions.

Late update: Yesterday we had an anusual breakfast time when we looked at Muen and saw hundreds of reindeer climbing up and down. We altered our original skisafari tour to avoid any disturbance to the herd, but still managed to have a fantastic day out in the Northern parts of Venabygdsfjellet - even visited Gråhøgdbu.

Friday tour

7AM: -8.8 Celsius, light breeze from N-NW, good visibility, partly cloudy.

9PM update: Very nice tour around Bølhøgda area looking at amazing light conditions and many reindeer tracks (no reindeer).