Spitsbergen aka Svalbard

[Mofro261]

Very nice Lee.

But I have to ask....

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Are you the one drawing penises in the snow / Strava tracks?

[LeeLau]

Lee's gotten beauty days today and yesterday!

Very lucky and fortunate with weather and snow.

Mofro- perhaps.

St John's Fjord Berth. Up Ankerbreen Gl Lowzowfjella SE and SW runs followed by a run all the way to the water with amost no wind and pretty good snow for a 1500m+ Day. What a gorgeous place.

Then up the Crows nest

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[SB]

Likey

[rod9301]

Not sure if this is the place with many couloirs, like in Nikolai schirmer s videos.

With a big group, do they guide in steep couloirs too?

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[LeeLau]

Not sure if this is the place with many couloirs, like in Nikolai schirmer s videos.

With a big group, do they guide in steep couloirs too?

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There are 4 guides to 17 clients so if conditions were good they'd let us try. Clear skies but wind had made snow funky except on very disparate aspects. We had the opportunity to try steep 40 45 deg couloirs next day but passed as stuff was wind crust and bullet proof

[jackstraw]

Looks like you scored with the weather!

[LeeLau]

Looks like you scored with the weather!

We did. The next day we moved over to Prins Karl Forlund Island and berthed at Grimaldibukta. The day started cold and clear but was forecasted to go grey.

We toured up to and skied Bouréeffjellet then over to Fallbreen. Instead of continuing to Rudmoserfjellet we then descended an arm of Veslefingeren and back to the boat to wait out incoming weather

[LeeLau]

On our 6th (and final) day skiing off the Noordelicht we overnighted at Barentsburg after a long evening partially under beam reach sail and partially under motor from St John's Fjord to Gronfjordien.

Barentsburg is a coal company town only 37kms from Longyearbyen but may be a world away contrasting the upkeep of both towns. The population is approximately 450 people of whom you typically only see half due to the shifts being day/night and are Russian and Ukrainian.

We skied the Gronsfjordienfjellet with a donut hole of nice weather and the skies closed around us as we dropped back to town.

[teamdirt]

Beauty! Thx for sharing Lee!

[406]

Looks awesome.

[adrian.bee]

Damn thats a big boat. How long of process from anchor > dinghy? Cell coverage up in Svalbard?

[LeeLau]

Damn thats a big boat. How long of process from anchor > dinghy? Cell coverage up in Svalbard?

Cell in Isfjorden all the way to Daudmannen point ie from Longyearbyen to Barentsburg and a bit beyond.

Anchor to dinghy a bit less than an hour. Experienced crew

[SB]

Nominate this one for TR HOF status.

Thanks for sharing your adventure!

[adrian.bee]

Cell in Isfjorden all the way to Daudmannen point ie from Longyearbyen to Barentsburg and a bit beyond.

Anchor to dinghy a bit less than an hour. Experienced crew

Word. Dinghy might be the wrong term for that classy vessel. Tender is more accurate.

[Ottime]

Lovely trip. Boats and snow. What a combo.