Picture Galleries & Stories from my Hiking Trips and Journeys
Well, there is the last skiing, and there is the last skiing. 20°C plus. The ice still holds, and the snow still carries somewhat on the lake Ounasjärvi. So I took some skiing equipment out again from the storage, where it was already waiting for the summer to pass, to reactivate my skates and to go for some summer fun skiing ..
Last cold day = Last skiing day. From tomorrow on it looks like it will be to warm to continue skiing, as the snow may not carry any longer. Yet: That is tomorrow. Today the snow conditions were still great, so I went for another skating trip into the fells..
It is almost 2 weeks ago that the snow groomer last maintained the skiing tracks in Hetta. However, on a skiing trip from Pallas to Hetta I encountered some skiing tracks in reasonably good condition near Palls ..
Ok, this is not a picture, it is a video. Let’s call it motion picture and we’re in the right category. Anyhow, after a few warm days with plus degrees, it cold again and the snow carries well. As the maintained skiing tracks are damaged by snowmobiles, with a friend we went took our skating skis and headed into wilderness area. Here’s a short video motion picture of skating through tundra and fells ..
With some friends we made a short skiing trip up to Pujutunturi. I was hoping to see the sun for the first time after the polar night, and came close to it ..
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In the morning the landscape presented itself covered in about 10 to 15 cm of snow, after it was snowing most of the night.
