After last weekends mishaps, we try again to reach the summit of Fløtatind (1711 meters)
It had snowed a bit this week and been cold, so we hoped to see some good snow. This time the weather was not forecasted the best and we had a small window to make it. We hiked up to the snowline yesterday evening and pitched a tent there for an early start.
After the tent was up, it was due for some barbecue and beer![]()
When sitting there some scary animal sounds started to appear not far away, and came closer![]()
We thought it was an angry dog or something, but after a while it came into view and it was only a deer, puh... :lol:
(to hear the awful sound, go here: http://www.deer-uk.com/deer_Sounds.htm and try "fallow belching")
It was off to bed, and finding that we slid in the tent because it had some slope to it, but now it was too late to move the tent. So to find a comfortable position to sleep was really hard... after stacking up clothes and gear it was doable...
But then the cuckoo bird woke up and kept it going ALL NIGHT!!!![]()
After an hour or two of sleep we got up and started to skin at 6am. The clouds were gone, and it looked like the plan was going to work.
It had froze, so skinning was a breeze and the mountain had no tracks... (this is the lower part)
After a while we got a view of the upper part and summit, and no tracks here either.... The whole bowl was filled with a foot of powder![]()
Then the clouds rolled in, and we had to turn before the summit again... so close, but we wanted to save some vision for the way down. We were at about 1600meters so we still had 1200 meters of skiing to do![]()
The sun baked and it went from pow to corn fon the lower part of the mountain, and it was time to apply some speed.
Suddenly there was a small part of funky snow and I hit the brake before the last rollover. Luckily the snow below that was good corn again, so it was just to cruise down the last bit.
Happy and tired after a good trip, and little sleep, I fell asleep before the coffee water boiled...
Ski powder late in may, and even got some good weather and untracked mountain...
SWEET!!!![]()
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