Marking trails

Today was the day for marking trails to the nearby DNT huts. From Brennflya to Grahogdbu and from there towards Dorfallet and also to Fremre Uksan. We also marked from Indre Uksan to Eldabu. The condition was a bit of a mix, many places the wind has moved a lot of snow away, so we saw vegetation and rocks showing, other places like around Eldabu hut there was a lot of snow.
Grahogdbu area was also windblown and many of the water holes towards Brennflya were visible. Generally speaking it is a mixed condition with hard and soft snow and some visible rocks and vegetation.
Although we were occupied with marking trails we still managed to stop and look at the surroundings: spotting animal tracks (wolverine, reindeer, hare, fox), and looking at the cloud formations. Great day out!

Monday

Weather update at 7AM: -11.5 Celsius, light breeze from W-SW, partly cloudy, good visibility. Most of the trails were prepared yesterday.

Sunday

Good morning! After a rather windy and mixed day, today we have a more normal one. Weather at 7AM: -7.1 Celsius, light breeze from S-SW, good visibility, we had about 2cm of fresh snow yesterday, which is probably ended up in the valley. It was nice to see new snow falling and we look forward to more of it. Trails cut yesterday morning were: Trimloypa, Spidsbergseter to Lundes, Trabelia and Kyrkjegardsfjellet loops and Kvandalen-Dorhogda-Fremre Uksan loop.

Saturday

Good morning and weekend! 7AM: -5.9 Celsius, light air from S, good visibility.
11AM: -3.8 Celsius, gentle breeze from W-NW - with some very strong gusts, visibility is changing from blizzard (snowfall) to partly cloudy/sunny conditions. Most of the trails are being or have been prepared, but probably in open areas the trails will not last long.

Mild and windy again

Weather and trail update at 7AM: -1.4 Celsius, gentle breeze with some stronger gusts, partly cloudy, good visibility. Seems like the weather is playing its role in these days. Trails are still holding, but some spots you see more vegetation and a few rocks coming through. Off piste areas are much harder, but you can still find some hollow and soft areas. Most of the trails are in order: Svartfjellet, Indre Uksan, Trabeliafjellet, Kyrkjegardsfjellet, Trimloype were all prepared in the last 36hrs.

Thursday

Weather update at 7AM: -6.3 Celsius, gentle breeze from NW, partly cloudy. We are probably looking at another fine day. Most of the trails have been cut again in the last 36hrs.
We had a nice "mixed condition" tour on Veslefjellet with some beautiful light conditions.

Foggy morning

Good morning. The temperature has returned close to our avarage this morning: -15.9 Celsius, light breeze from W-NW, foggy. It seems like we are experiencing the full chart of weather possibilities in the last few days. After reaching +2 Celsius temperature, we had very strong wind, little snowfall and now we are on fog and cold. The wind has moved a lot of snow from many areas, so most of the mountains have started to look greyish. Despite all these facts the trail conditions look rather good and we can start looking at "off piste" tour options as well.
Of course getting more snow in the near future would be great news. As the weather forecast looks, there is now snow in the horizon. Pn these pictures: Venabygdsfjellet from Kvitfjell and Rondane National Park from Langbakken.

Windy night, "blue" condition

Good morning! Weather update at 7AM: back to almost normal -7.8 Celsius, fresh breeze from N, good visibility. I guess this strong wind will keep us in the forrest today. Actually it helps us also making the top layer of snow pretty hard, so we could start planning our "off piste" tours.

Monday

Weather update at 7AM: -0.3 Celsius, light breeze from W-SW, good visibility, partly cloudy.

"Positive" change

Good morning! After weeks/months of subzero temperature now we are enjoying the change which could help the snow structure and off piste conditions. Hopefully it will stay only for a short period and then we could get ready for some fresh snow.
Weather update at 7AM: +0.4 Celsius, windy-moderate breeze from W-NW, good visibility.
Trails in the forrested areas are/were in good order.
11PM update: windy day, temperature reached +1.5 Celsius, challenging tour towards Grahogda and Brennflya peaks.