Windy around Svartfjell

A nice, but windy tour around Svartfjell on universal klister.

On and around Svartfjell

We had a beautiful tour around Svartfjell, especially when the clouds opened and we got sun!!

Monday

Svartfjell in the morning.

Thursday - "climbing" Svartfjell

6AM: -9.8 Celsius. light breeze from NW, partly cloudy, great visibility.

Trail update: only few short trailsections were prepared in last 24hrs, hopefully there will be more ready today for the upcoming sunny days.
6PM update: Many trails cut - amazing views and lovely skiing. We had a great time skiing up to the top of Svartfjell and around it. Looking at some stunning views and even some great animal tracks. Enjoy our moments we captured.

More snow

6AM: -4.5 Celsius, almost no wind, fair visibility. Total precipitation in last 24hrs (mainly at night): 6.8mm. Southern trails and Svartfjellet loop were prepared yesterday.

6PM update: Nice day out in various wind, light and snow conditions. We had some good visibility and some challenging ones, but it was fun to ski off piste on the side of Svartfjellet.
Trail update:Trabeliafjellet loop and some central trails were prepared today.

Sun-day

Good morning, at 7AM: -8.8Celsius, sunny and clear, light breeze from N-NW. We had 0,1 mm of precipitation last night. Looking ahead - colder day or two with some precipitation (or not) and it seems to be the same pattern of weather what we had last week.

Friday

Good morning. 7AM: -10.9 Celsius, light air, overcast, good visibility. We had some snow fallen overnight - about 1cm. We are looking ahead of a busy weekend and week, because half term visitors are coming.
8PM update: Great day out - turned out to be a sunny one! Nice trip on Svartfjellet - with some off-piste exercises.

Weekend update

Nice snowy weekend with light snowfall, temperature around - 10Celsius and little wind. Yesterday it became almost sunny, but the clouds and fog took over again. In last 24 hrs we received about 3cm of snow. Total snowdepth after these windy and snowy days is around 75cm (windblown and consolidated state). Today at 7AM: -11 Celsius, almost no wind, fair visibility, light snowfall. Most of the trails were prepared yesterday - I guess with some snow on them now. Enjoy your weekend!
Sunday afternoon update: What a day! Sunshine, cold, deep snow and great trails.

Snowy Friday

Weather update at 7AM: -8.1 Celsius, light air from SE, limited visibility, about 2,5cm of fresh snow in last 12hrs and still snowing now. More snow expected today and clearing for tomorrow.
Nice tour off piste close to Svartfjell and Dynjefjell areas.
Evening update: we ended up with about 6cm of fresh snow from this snowfall.

Tuesday

Good morning! Weather update at 7AM: -7 Celsius, gentle breeze from W-NW, good visivility. We had light snowfall yesterday evening, bringing just a little bit extra layer of snow. As it looks we might have a decent snowfall on Thursday.

Friday

Weather update at 6AM: -9.1 Celsius, light air from N-NE, good visibility. We are expecting warmer temperatures in next days. Trails are fading a bit bit still in reasonable condition.
Nice tour around Svartfjellet- first time this season- reasonable trail condition with some tough steeper parts.

Svartfjell sunday tour

Here are some images from the trip we did around Svartfjell today. A bit windy so the tracks was blown in, but it was nice and sunny. The wind made it easy going uphill. In the afternoon it started a little sprinkle of snow so it shall be exciting to see how much that will come during the night.

Around Svartfjell

Late update! Sorry, it has been very busy here, lot of people arriving this weekend. 2PM: -10 Celsius, light breeze, light snow fall on and off. We had about 5cm of new snow in the last 24hours. Trails are covered again, but we work on cutting them. Just a couple of pictures from yesterday, making our way around the beautiful Svartfjellet peak. First people out on the trails. We had limited visibility and light snow fall all day, but it was lovely. In the past few weeks there have been a lot of animal tracks around including lynx, wolf (one wolf was around Hundorp area, about 30km from us), fox, elk and hare. Weather forecast: expecting more snow (light) and wind tomorrow, possibly sunny from Monday on.

Last day of the year

I hope you are all having a great time, especially on your last day in this year. After those cold days we have a milder one today: -4Celsius, cloudy and snowed a little. Seems like the weather plays its cards again, because the forecast is totally different than what we are having today(according to the forecasts from different sites it should be -17 Celsius). I think it is going to stay like this for a few days. Looking at the current weather we might have some snow later on.

On the picture you see Nausterhaugen signpost and Svartfjell (black mountain) in the background (one of the most scenic routes is going around the mountain).

Have a fantastic evening and Happy New Year for you all! See you in 2009.