Picture Galleries & Stories from my Hiking Trips and Journeys
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.
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 reading “Spring Skiing Trip around Ropi, in Käsivarsi Wilderness Area”
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.
Yesterday I put a short film series online that we created with some friends. Below is a sample film, whereas the entire series can be found from:
https://kaamoscreations.com/talvimato
After weeks of polar night and clouds the sky has finally cleared up again. This brings back proper winter temperatures, which forms beautiful snow crystals; And the clear sky brings back sunlight. In combination with the low standing sun, this brings great colours during sunset. Attached a few images from the sunset on Jyppyränselkä, in Hetta.
Continue reading “The Magic Lights of a January Sunset”
A few weeks later, a few centimetres of more ice ..
