TR: Three days in Lofoten, Norway

[Onward]

Music https://youtu.be/hN_WEmNsrQI

Not much is certain about traveling to lofoten, but you're gonna get some kick-ass mountains and a lot of weather.





Fighting the wind on Pilan


Ski crampons came in handy on the rain crust


Hunkering down, hoping for a weather window. We didn't get one.


So we found a cafe full of pink hearts


Temptations everywhere. Skiing...


...or culinary






The storm turned from a warm and wet southwestern to a colder northwestern. Yay, snow!

[Onward]

A perfect morning in Henningsvær




With sun, fresh snow and little to no wind we headed for Geitgaljartind






Down 102L. $$$$






Booting up the final stretch




Views


Checking out the south gully.


Stable conditions. Green light!












Summit to sea


Yep.


One of those places you just don't wanna leave...

[Onward]

That's all folks

[Grape_Ape]

This



Is



Awesome.

[detrusor]

Stoke!


Killing it with the 3-5 year old crowd!

[dschane]

Excellent.

[PNWbrit]

Wow.

Thanks for sharing these.

[Fred Pabst]

Wow. Summit to ski = Dream trip.

[Meathelmet]

Son. I am dissapoint. Wtf is with the randonee shit??! Why you no tele!!!!?

Nevertheless...damn...

Oh, this :

Has that place in the background seen some fighting in WW II? Looks kind of familiar from the historybooks??

[I've seen black diamonds!]

Thanks for that. I've always wanted to ski there. You just nudged it a little higher up my list.

[snapt]

Some way cool shots in there, thanks for sharing.

[Goniff]

Pictures never do justice but your pics come damn close. Lots of poster-size worthy shots. I think this one is my favorite. Ansel Adams goes skiing.

[irbis]

Like. I will be there in less than three weeks time with Horizon and Arno.

[Ripzalot]

liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiike.

[subtle plague]

nice. but weather and snow look variable

[Arno]

Irbis - less than 2 weeks!

Lovely pics of a beautiful region. And looks like the snowpack is decent down to sea level?

[nicojohnson1234@gmail.com]

Wow, just booked my ticket. Inspiring photos.

[406]

Awesome photos!

[LightRanger]

Super awesome.

[klar]

I've been to the pink cafe ! you had much better snow though. the magic islands....

lovely pictures.

[Onward]

Son. I am dissapoint. Wtf is with the randonee shit??! Why you no tele!!!!?

Nevertheless...damn...

Has that place in the background seen some fighting in WW II? Looks kind of familiar from the historybooks??

Ah you know, getting older and fatter, having kids, skiing less - compensating with new, shiny and marginally lighter gear. The old story. And I figured it was about time to learn how to do a p-turn...

AFAIK the wwII fighting was mostly narvik and at sea outside of lofoten. There was the battle of Trollfjorden though, in 1890: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trollfjord

[hop]

I see you were skiing with Mark and Erin! Great photos! Some day. Maybe sooner than later, but someday.

[Onward]

I see you were skiing with Mark and Erin! Great photos! Some day. Maybe sooner than later, but someday.

We were a big group of people, but no Mark or Erin as far as I know. We were unguided though, are they with one of the guide companies?

[hop]

We were a big group of people, but no Mark or Erin as far as I know. We were unguided though, are they with one of the guide companies?

Ah my mistake. They posted an almost identical photo of an almost identical couloir a week or so ago. Yep, they're guides with Seth's outfit.

[Pow4Brains]

Fanfuckintastic!