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02-21-2018, 10:06 PM #1guy who skis
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Boat-Based Ski Touring Recommendations
I know there are a couple of trip reports floating around, but I'm looking for any recommendations for boat-based ski touring trips. Looks like Iceland and Norway are popular options, as well as maybe Alaska. Any opinions on recommended operators? And maybe more generally, any thoughts on comparing a trip like this to some of the hut-to-hut tour options in the Alps (maybe not Haute Route, but skiing-focused variations like the Imperial Haute Route etc.). Thanks all.
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02-23-2018, 07:17 AM #2
Heading here this spring...
http://ontopmountaineering.com/trips...bard-ski-sail/
Will let you know, if I don't get eaten by a polar bear."We need sometimes to escape into open solitudes, into aimlessness, into the moral holiday of running some pure hazard, in order to sharpen the edge of life, to taste hardship, and to be compelled to work desperately for a moment at no matter what. -George Santayana, The Philosophy of Travel
...it would probably bother me more if I wasn't quite so heavily sedated. -David St. Hubbins, This Is Spinal Tap
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02-23-2018, 08:37 AM #4Registered User
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Can't offer any tips. But can provide some inspiration.
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02-23-2018, 11:55 AM #5Registered User
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I have had the opportunity to ski Prince William Sound AK basing out of forest service cabins, 50 foot fishing boats, and small sail boats. Most of those times I have seen two charter vessels hauling clients around. They both knew the ski terrain and anchorages. I don't know who is running them, but someone on this board probably does. PWS is easy logistics, and a world class destination. Den
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02-23-2018, 12:29 PM #6
Awesome, hopefully you will post a TR. Svalbard has been on my to do list, but got priced out with the plunging USD. Why did you pick this guide over some of the others?
Iceland & Greenland look cool.
OP, Antarctica was awesome:
https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...ntarctica-2014
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02-23-2018, 12:39 PM #7Registered User
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Some local Utah friends (who are fun to be around and very experienced) are doing these boat trips this year:
http://www.inthecompanyofguides.com/skiing/ski-norway/
http://www.inthecompanyofguides.com/...albard-norway/
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02-23-2018, 02:24 PM #8Registered User
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http://www.inthecompanyofguides.com/...d-hop-with-us/
duno anything about this but it was in my FBLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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02-23-2018, 05:14 PM #9
If anyone has a cuddly cabin/cruiser, I have an area where you ski 5000 ft pow runs straight down to the lake. Would love to put a trip together for next year. Happy to point in the right direction for a spot on the boat... ha!
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02-23-2018, 05:33 PM #10www.skevikskis.com Check em out!
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02-23-2018, 06:35 PM #11Registered User
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Haven’t gone on the Norway trip but have skied with Winslow Passey (in the company of guides) and she is excellent
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02-25-2018, 06:50 PM #12
I'd rent forest service cabins in PWS in May.
Its not that I suck at spelling, its that I just don't care
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02-25-2018, 06:56 PM #13
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02-25-2018, 06:58 PM #14
You could go to Prince William Sound with Alaska Alpine Adventures
Here's an old TR
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02-25-2018, 07:07 PM #15
http://www.luxuo.com/lifestyle/trave...om-a-boat.html
There used to be this boat that went up the coast of BC with a heli parked on the back - not sure if it still exists as business.
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02-25-2018, 11:52 PM #16
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02-26-2018, 06:57 AM #17"We need sometimes to escape into open solitudes, into aimlessness, into the moral holiday of running some pure hazard, in order to sharpen the edge of life, to taste hardship, and to be compelled to work desperately for a moment at no matter what. -George Santayana, The Philosophy of Travel
...it would probably bother me more if I wasn't quite so heavily sedated. -David St. Hubbins, This Is Spinal Tap
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02-26-2018, 10:41 AM #18guy who skis
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Awesome, lots to sift through here, thanks for all the info.
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02-26-2018, 01:31 PM #19
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02-26-2018, 01:50 PM #20
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02-26-2018, 02:27 PM #21
Haven't figured out how the boat will help on the way up other than holding large quantities of food and recovery beverages. 15 km past the Dam.
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03-10-2018, 03:21 PM #22guy who skis
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Looks like the group consensus is leaning towards Norway. Still browsing the different boat/guide combinations.
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03-19-2018, 10:56 PM #23
I did the Ice Axe Antarctica trip at the end of 09 and the Svalsbard trip in May of 2010. Both were absolutely incredible experiences but if I was picking one, I would take Antarctica just for the sheer remoteness. There is (or at least was) a sailboat option going to Antarctica, though having been caught in a class 12 storm on the way back, I would only recommend a sailboat for the truly fearless. Gnarwhale did a great TR on Antarctica, I will dig it up if the pics are still valid.
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03-19-2018, 10:57 PM #24
My pics are gone but most of Gnarwhale's still work
https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...ght=antarctica
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03-19-2018, 10:59 PM #25
And it seems I did a Norway TR as well. Go figure
https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...light=svalbard
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