Norway and Sweden beta

**dookeyXXX** · 07-23-2008, 08:29 PM

sweet!

again, much appreciation for the beta.

i'll sport some lagers or whatnot if i find myself over that way.

i should be all good as long as i don't have to subsist on lutefisk...

**the_teo** · 07-24-2008, 02:14 AM

No, Dookey you don't need Lutfisk, you can have my Surströmming. Yummy

**wicked** · 07-24-2008, 02:45 AM

WHAT INSOLENCE! (Capslock worthy imo)

Lutfesk is teh shit.

Throw some bacon, mustard, syrup and brown cheese on it, and wham, one of the tastiest meals ever.

**wicked** · 07-24-2008, 03:12 AM

There was a freeride comp in Tamokdalen eater of 2007, but it seems their web page isn't there anymore, so my guess is they went out of business.
This year there was the Bergans Mountain Attack, kind of a ski touring "festival", with 1 class for people in spandex, bicycle helmets, toothpicks and slippers, and 1 class for everybody else. Didn't attend to it myself, but it was at Blåtind, which is "hopefully" the arena if Tromsø gets the winter olympdicks in 2018.....I guess there's always hope and prayer

Anyways, the lyngsalps is pretty much a touring festival from feb to june

On a side note, Tromsø has approved prans for a new lift system, which according to the meda whores, will be operational in the 2009 season.

That is all for nao!

**hemas** · 07-24-2008, 03:20 AM

Originally Posted by wicked

There was a freeride comp in Tamokdalen eater of 2007, but it seems their web page isn't there anymore, so my guess is they went out of business.

Not ot of buzinezz... Just "moved" to Lofoten to be oart of the Nissan Extreemo Comp or what ever...

Plus the guys who organized the Tamok comp were busy with their "real" jobs...

**wicked** · 07-24-2008, 03:26 AM

ahaa, I see

**Rick** · 07-24-2008, 06:54 AM

GC it wasn't that bad

Damn expensive here..

One way to get your cost down is to choose a touring specific trip. Honestly the ski resorts here don't hold a candle to what you'll be used to in the US or mainland Yurp. The touring opportunities are really good though.

Since someone mentioned that distances aren't exactly trivial it could be best to choose a target area - Lyngen, Romsdalen, Sunnmøre, etc. In those areas you can still rent a cabin for little money and drive to different start points for great tours.

Sunnmøre picsl

Romsdalen pics

I live in Oslo and can always provide some info... MT has some good experience from the Narvik area..

**Mike Pow** · 07-24-2008, 09:34 AM

It looks bloody rubbish

**jarlybart** · 07-24-2008, 10:13 AM

Hey if you are going to be in the Stavanger area then I can hook you up with my cousin. He is an amazing skier(though he is a Telemark skiers

) but he can show you around and he pretty much lives to ski. I have only skied in the summer there so it was only BC stuff in the Sirdal region. Amazing place though and the snow goes for miles and miles.

If you are still in Oregon drop me a PM! Always a bed open for a fellow skier if you need. Cheers!!!

**kalisto** · 03-01-2019, 09:56 AM

bumpity bump.

Will be heading up to lofoten area first week of May...

Any idea as to what snow conditions to expect? Should I be bringing skis that can handle pow, or at this point, will I just be skiing spring conditions?

**garyfromterrace** · 03-01-2019, 02:35 PM

My experience skiing up there at the end of April was that the snowpack was going fast. Still skied pow up high but was getting springlike at the bottom. Depends on what your ski choices are I guess (and of course the weather...).

**kalisto** · 03-01-2019, 02:49 PM

184 ravens or 177 findr 86...

**Alkares** · 03-01-2019, 10:03 PM

Id send you in the Riksgränsen / Abisko Area, It will certainly have better / colder conditions than Lofoten during that time of year...

**garyfromterrace** · 03-02-2019, 10:36 AM

Originally Posted by kalisto

184 ravens or 177 findr 86...

Never skied either. 86 sure sounds skinny underfoot for a ski to be used in the Maritimes. Are either skis red?

**kalisto** · 03-02-2019, 06:02 PM

Yeah the 86s are my tiny summer skis. Will be sticking to Lofoten area since I have a buddy in those parts who will be sailing around.

Will probably bring the Ravens.