Northern Alpine Guides
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Powder Alarm! Feb 12th Lofoten Islands.
Pudderalarm!
I went out on a ski tour with fellow NAG guide Sjur Hauge today enjoying the fresh powder we have been waiting for a little while now. Our mission was also to do some test pit's and analyze the snow stability. We are very happy with what we found overall and the skiing was great! In the last 24-36 hours we have received a solid 40 cm of new well bonded snow in the mountains and its still snowing. We have a great base to the snow pack especially up high and we received allot of snow in this storm system. The long term forecast is calling for even more snow so it's shaping up to give us a great start for the ski season in Lofoten. At 650m we measured an average of 250-270cm of snow and in some places my 300cm probe could not even reach the bottom.
The high season for skiing in Lofoten is just starting and we have our second group of ski guests coming up this week. We are exited for the forecast of continued snow fall for this week with low temperatures giving us the opportunity to get up on the bigger steeper peaks in the near future. We have a coastal snowpack and environment here in Lofoten and the snow at sea level comes in and out all season. So for those of you who has been a little worried when seeing local web cameras with wet conditions. This usually means its snowing in the mountains and is a good thing. The season is officially started and we are really fired up for more skiing, even longer days, more Northern Lights and the amazing views the Lofoten islands has to offer.
Here are a few pictures from today. Get stoked!
Your Lofoten Mountain Guide signing out!
Seth
I went out on a ski tour with fellow NAG guide Sjur Hauge today enjoying the fresh powder we have been waiting for a little while now. Our mission was also to do some test pit's and analyze the snow stability. We are very happy with what we found overall and the skiing was great! In the last 24-36 hours we have received a solid 40 cm of new well bonded snow in the mountains and its still snowing. We have a great base to the snow pack especially up high and we received allot of snow in this storm system. The long term forecast is calling for even more snow so it's shaping up to give us a great start for the ski season in Lofoten. At 650m we measured an average of 250-270cm of snow and in some places my 300cm probe could not even reach the bottom.
The high season for skiing in Lofoten is just starting and we have our second group of ski guests coming up this week. We are exited for the forecast of continued snow fall for this week with low temperatures giving us the opportunity to get up on the bigger steeper peaks in the near future. We have a coastal snowpack and environment here in Lofoten and the snow at sea level comes in and out all season. So for those of you who has been a little worried when seeing local web cameras with wet conditions. This usually means its snowing in the mountains and is a good thing. The season is officially started and we are really fired up for more skiing, even longer days, more Northern Lights and the amazing views the Lofoten islands has to offer.
Here are a few pictures from today. Get stoked!
At 650m we measured an average of 250-270cm of snow. In some places my 300cm Probe could not reach the bottom! |
Sjur enjoying the 40cm of light powder on the way down from Torskman. |
Seth
Friday, February 10, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Monday, May 16, 2011
Big Season in the Alaska Range!
The Mighty West Face of Mount Huntington as seen from camp. |
Denali towering above the Silverthrone ice fall in the Ruth Amphitheater. |
Sean at the Begshrund on Mt. Huntington's west face. |
We climbed the obvious line in the middle of the Face. Kahiltna Queen is beautiful. |
Looking up the face in the early morning light. 3,000ft of golden granite. |
Sean topping out on a fun mixed pitch on the lower route. |
Granite gear with steep snow and ice. The black speck in the glacier upper right is our camp. |
Weather was changing by the minute...most of my pictures are in the rare good light moments. |
Pitch 20 something. We were able to simul climb 50% of this route. Good speed and good times. |
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Ski Guiding at its Best in the Lofoten Islands!
The last week we have had some Amazing conditions for skiing here in Lofoten and allot of guests out skiing with us. It is hard to describe how good it was without over using words such as amazing or fantastic.... so we are going to let these pictures speak for themselves. Book now for 2012!
Time to pack up for some more ski guiding in the worlds most beautiful islands.
Alpine Cheers! Seth
seth@alpineguides.no
Time to pack up for some more ski guiding in the worlds most beautiful islands.
Alpine Cheers! Seth
seth@alpineguides.no
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Amazing Skiing and a Great Avalanche Course again in Lofoten!
We just wrapped up another great Avalanche Course/Skredkurs out of the Kabelvåg Hotell this weekend (19-20 Feb.) Our snow pack here in the Lofoten Islands has settled out in the last week and we have had allot of new snow making for great skiing conditions. Add in sunshine and a crew of very experienced skiers with the drive to learn more about traveling safely in avalanche terrain.... making for a great experience for all. See for yourself in the pictures below!
Have you booked your ski adventure in Lofoten for this season? We have some great weekends still available in March and Early April for skiing with Northern Alpine Guides. The Hotel is looking great this year and our staff is top notch. Do miss your chance to ski in Lofoten this winter.
Seth
Have you booked your ski adventure in Lofoten for this season? We have some great weekends still available in March and Early April for skiing with Northern Alpine Guides. The Hotel is looking great this year and our staff is top notch. Do miss your chance to ski in Lofoten this winter.
Seth
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