Picture of the Day: Stumbling over a Bear Footprint in the Forest
Picture of the Day: Last Skiing Day
Despite it being a warm winter, skiing was possible surprisingly long. However, with the last slush on the tracks, this almost certainly was the last skiing day of the season.
Picture of the Day: Outtakka
After some very warm days the temperatures dropped again below freezing. Now the snow is hard and allows easy skiing everywhere, even in the forests. I took advantage of the snow conditions and went with my skating skis to Hannukuru.
Spring Skiing Trip around Ropi, in Käsivarsi Wilderness Area
During this relatively warm winter I kind of lacked the urge to go for a longer skiing trip. So now, end of April, it was about time to change something about that. With a friend we went for a few days to Ropi, in the Käsivarsi wilderness area.
Continue to the photo gallery and the full articlePicture of the Day: “Heat Wave” Melting Away Skiing Tracks
During this rather warm winter, to little surprise, already in March the first warm days (up to plus 6°C) result in snow melt. Unfortunately, this directly affects the skiing tracks, such as in this image, where the tracks literally start to flow away.