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Fuck yeah. Love it, miss Norway and glad you're getting after it there!
Fantastic
FKNA! This Sail ‘n Ski Norway thing seems nice.
Top of Bucket List! OUTSTANDING!
Amazing
Thx for posting
Looks like awesome weather. You base from a sailboat? Use a guide?
That looks like a good time.
Beautiful place to be.
Amazing.
What was the snowpack like?
And yeah were you guided or just doing your own planning?
Went with a guide - Paul Held from Austria. They have a lodge. Every day we would go out by Van or ferry or a boat to different islands. Come back to lodge in the evening
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We lucked out regarding the weather. Tons of snow previous week. And sunny - the week we were there.
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Temps 10-20F. Snow was fabulous
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Awesome! Def planning to go back. We had no darkness…would be great for the girls to see the northern lights
Awesome. Thanks for the info. Nice work getting after it and getting luck with the weather!Quote:
Originally Posted by MrPow
Nice work! Making me reminisce about last May. Snow looking epic!
same terrain as the warren miller a couple of years ago?
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One pic TR from northern Norway. This place is ridiculously beautiful. Endless options to explore.
Heading to lyngen for 8 days after a week around lofoten. Curious if anyone has some GPX or links to websites with some usable self guided touring? Also any recommendations about where to stay ? Etc thanks all
When are you going to be in Lofoten?Quote:
Originally Posted by kevino
Essentially the last week of March. Then first week of April in lyngen
Awesome! I am going to be in Lofoten the first week of March and Lyngen the second week of March. I'll share any beta I have after the trip. Feel free to DM me so I can exchange numbers with you and don't forget!Quote:
Originally Posted by kevino
Looks like FatMap has a ton of routes for Lofoten, haven't looked at Lyngen because I'll be with a German guide friend of mine.
I wrote up a long tr of my first trip to lyngen on the forums.Quote:
Originally Posted by CMartin348
https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...acts?p=5062022
That's the last one, but has links to the previous parts. I went back 2 seasons ago and had a similarly successful trip. 40 days over the 2 trips. I feel like I've got lyngen pretty dialed. DM me and let's talk! Super stoked to share all the beta!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...4ed7e61dde.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...9d1df93f36.jpg
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The guidebooks are good to check out for beta. There’s one on Lofoten, one on Lyngen, and a “safer ski touring in Norway” one that covers both areas and more but only details routes that are on the safer edge of the spectrum.
I mapped some lines from guides for a trip we never took (April 2020); here, if it's helpful: https://caltopo.com/m/N851
I’m a bit short on quality beta for March as we caught the corn in May. We shacked up here and would highly recommend: https://abnb.me/9HTbrjORlHb
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worth spending time in Tromso - it’s cool city with good food, coffee, museums etc. And good skiing nearby too.
20 minute drive from Tromso:
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beta bump as a small crew of us looking to head there next spring (2025). still in the planning stages and not sure if going full guide/lodge or piecing together on our own (with likely a few guided days).
first order is nailing down dates. i think we're thinking somewhere in the mid march to late april time frame. would love to ski pow but also worry about being there during a winter storm w limited viz. equally love to ski corn which would lead me to believe later is better (with maybe better chance for sun viz)? any suggestions appreciated.
That is a good window. Weather is hard to predict, but more stable weather tends to happen then. Going anywhere for a week is challenging, keep your fingers crossed and go for it!Quote:
Originally Posted by criscam
Brainstorming - you can fly Oslo into Narvik airport - which puts you half a days drive west out to Lofoten or instead north to Tromso/Lyngen. You’d have to be winging it for accommodations but would allow you to be flexible re:destination. You’d also then likely need a half day to drive your rental car back to Narvik though.
Narvik as a city is not worth your precious vacation time - Narvik airport is 30-40min? west of the town though (closer to Lofoten destinations) - and the drive from Narvik airport north to Tromso/Lyngen allows you option of passing through Tamok valley to get some turns there.
Couple quick thoughts as we wrap up our trip. Be aware the country of Norway shuts down for five days for Easter. The is means plan ahead for supplies and expect a bunch of people to be out skiing.
Additionally, Sundays most things are closed or have very reduced hours. This includes gas stations and grocery stores.
I might write up a trip report or just add on here once I’m home at a computer. Or during my layovers.
If anyone wants to buy my Lygnen Alps guide book we can work out a good deal.
Guess I can’t add pictures via the app.
We flew into Svolvær for the Lofoten islands. Extra flight made it easy, plus the tiny airport is sweet. We flew into Tromsø to access the Lygnen alps. Plenty of options.
Had rental cars and airbnb for both places. Again, just made life easiest and to cook for ourselves . Reminder, bring a card that has a PIN and some some gas stations don’t accept American cards period. However, we had a hybrid car, drove quite a bit for a week, only had to fill up the tank when returning.
Weather/temps seemed milder at the Lofoten islands. Had colder temps and more wind in Lyngen.
Terrain is smaller but seemed easier to get away from crowds compared to Lyngen. Lyngen was super busy everywhere we went. Obviously you can always push out further, but I do that enough in Montana. That being said we also went into the Tamok region just south of the Alps and broke trail all day.
I brought extra gear like ropes harness etc but never needed them. You can access more than enough easy and steep terrain with just crampons and ice axe. We were told to bring ski crampons, never used them.
My stoke is getting really high.
Just booked a sail & ski out of Tromso, skiing six days in Lyngen in mid-April next year. Never been, and this thread has been already helpful. I wanted to ask a couple of questions. First is maybe a version of a question already asked but...we have seen from afar bad years where the Alps in continental Europe are almost blanked. Yet I have never heard (nor wasn't paying particular attention to...but) of Norway being blanked in a similar fashion. I might guess a place like Lyngen particularly has normal ups and down but is fairly reliable being right on the ocean with endless North Sea storm fuel. Is that oversimplifying? We picked April hoping it might be near peak snowpack regardless. Has anyone heard of just dire winters up there, or is it a pretty good bet that there's always something good to ski?
Here's another unrelated question. I get various results reading about overall tipping culture in Norway. But I might guess guide culture overrides in this case; is it customary to tip the guides (and how much?) and boat skipper?
I don’t have answers - but I’m stoked from a distance just hearing about your plans.
My uneducated guess having only been there once is you’d have to have horrible horrible luck to get washed out that time of year. We went late April and it was great. If I were to go again I’d go mid April like you are.
That is reassuring, and kinda what my gut feel was. Cheers!
Bumpity...
It's a little early and lots could change, but does anyone have any Lyngen beta on snowfall & conditions? Is it tracking more or less normal? I land in Tromso 4/6.....cannot wait.
Apparently it has been a little above average in the north during early season. Have had just one short trip of treeskiing in early december and that zone had more snow than last march. Solid base too.One useful resource is https://www.xgeo.no/ It has a lot of data, which is calculated from measuring stations (not forecasted). Including new snow amounts, wind amount & directions, snow depth etc.Quote:
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we'll be skiing the first week of april based out of Tromso. a little off topic but anyone have any fishing beta for fishing off the beach/dock there? i think our lodging is right on the water. be cool to toss a line and catch some dinner one night. also, might factor in if i make an effort to round up a travel rod and some gear to take with.