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Touring from the shoreline in Lyngen

jimmy — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:55:20 +0000

After three great days of skiing with two finish clients a new storm seems to move in here in Lyngen. The storm will fill in all tracks from the easter holidays and untouched slopes are waiting for us… Until now the Lyngen season has been great with a lot of mixed weather as usual but still very good skiing. The skitouring season in lyngen continues until the end of may and there is still free dates from mid May for those interested!

On our way to Russelvfjellet one of my personal favourites! Photo: Jimmy Halvardsson

Sometimes we use boats to reach good skiing. Skitouring from a beach in lyngen is something many people dream of. Photo: Jimmy Halvardsson

Happy days in Lyngen!

jimmy — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:54:38 +0000

Just back after leaving Australian clients at the ferry after 5 days of skiiing together here in Lyngen. They where the third group of skiers visiting this year and it was fun to have people visiting even 34 hours flight time away! We’ve had a great mix of weather so far and that means rain, snow, sun, wind, warm and cold…

At the moment Andreas Fransson, Bjarne Sahlen and Morgan Sahlen (and more) is visiting in our camp in Nord-Lenangen (Northern Lyngen) and On saturday there is new people coming for skiing and we will get our touch of civilization picking them up!

Katie and Andy from Australia on their first ski week ever! Photo: Jimmy Halvardsson

John Minogue from Chamonix in next years Cosmiques outfit from Tierra. Together with Bjarne Sahlen at Endlessflow we skied and filmed for a few days.

Erik from sweden skis some fantastic powder on Storgalten 31st March 2012. Photo: Jimmy Halvardsson

Endlessflow in Lyngen

jimmy — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:16:50 +0000

At the moment I ski with good friend and Chamonix boarder John Minogue, accompanied by Bjarne Sahlen, a very talented film maker from Sweden. So far we’ve been lucky with the conditions here in Lyngen and we have also managed to ski some great lines. Dressed up in next years Tierra ski clothes the ambition is to make some good footage of the beauty of The Lyngen alps and having a great trip together. Based in our camp in Nord lenangen we enjoy the new woodfired sauna, fresh shrimps and good skiing. Watch Bjarnes work at www.endlessflow.net or www.endlessflow.posterous.com

Our minds also goes to all those connected to the tragic accident in Kåfjord three days ago.

A day on the Aiguille du Midi.

jimmy — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 17:44:52 +0000

Clients making a very nice movie capturing the feeling of having a powder run down from the aiguille du midi. Thanks everyone for a good movie and a great day!

Valleé Blanche 2012 02 20 from Johan Fahlgren on Vimeo.

Lyngen season coming up!

jimmy — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:07:12 +0000

Still guiding in Chamonix at the moment, warming up for the Lyngen 2012 ski touring season. In Chamonix we’ve had a great season so far and lately it’s been very cold and clear. Our spring in Lyngen are almost fully booked but there is still some space in mid May. May is a great time to be in Lyngen so if you’re still thinking about that late skitrip, just send an e-mail and start planning.

Posting some pictures from the guiding recently and if you whant to check out even more pictures you find Ascent Descent on Facebook aswell.

Skiers at the beginning of the ENSA couloir in Chamonix. Photo: Jimmy Halvardsson

Just about to finish the fantastic Marbrees couloir run in Italy. Photo: Jimmy Halvardsson

Skiing powder in Aiguilles rouges, Chamonix. Photo: Jimmy Halvardsson

The best conditions in over 40 years!

jimmy — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:38:15 +0000

… they say on the chamonix.com webpage, and it feels pretty good to be here when it’s happening. The last couple of days we’ve been spoiled with very good skiing and Aiguille du midi has been fantastic. Not many people after the last snow made it possible to ski fresh trax for two days.. The day before, flegere held endless of powder and were was all the crowds? The answer is probably that january can be a really good month to visit the alps before all the european winter holidays. We are looking forward to the rest of the season here before we head north to the Lyngen alps!

Skiing the Petit Envers from the aiguille du midi. Photo: Jimmy Halvardsson

After a run on the valle blanche, checking out the glacier from below. Photo: Jimmy Halvardsson

Skiing the Aiguille du midi in good powder is something you will remember for some time. Photo: Jimmy Halvardsson

Ski touring in Chamonix

jimmy — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:17:51 +0000

The last 5 days i’ve been skiing and touring with a bunch of happy Tromsö skiers. Breche de berard, Aiguille du midi, Glacier Toula, col du passon and Glacier Mort gave us great days and good variation. The sun has been shining non stop and the temperatures have been cold wich helpes when sporting around in the mountains all day long.

Thanks guys for a great week !

Asbjörn and Ulf on their way to Glacier Mort. Photo: Jimmy Halvardsson

SnowSnowSnow…

jimmy — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:30:18 +0000

Many parts of the alps are getting loads of snow at the moment and Chamonix are no exception. It looks like we are gonna have a great winter here and the base down low will probably last fo a while. We feel very fortunate to be part of such a magic season opening and there is still some dates to be filled up… See you out there!

The sun came out for a day and I took the chance to take some pictures from Aiguille du midi. Truly amazing atmosphere when the mountains get plastered like this.

The BIG Storm!

jimmy — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:07:18 +0000

After some good days skiing in Chamonix I went to Engelberg for the first guide mission of the season. It all ended with great ice hockey games, curling competition, very nice food, nice people, heavy rain, lot’s of wind, a few beers and no skiing… And it’s all because of the big storm that we’re in the middle of.

Even though this trip did’nt end with a lot of skiing the storm is still dumping a lot of snow, really low, on our hills. This means that when this clears it’s gonna be great to be able to ski almost everywhere. The avalanche risk is at 5 above 1800 metres so easy to start with and then we can enjoy our lovely snowy mountains!

Let’s just say that it looks good for the winter:) (To see the hockey pictures please visit and become a friend on ascentdescent/facebook)

Engelberg

Lunch in Hotel Bellevue, Engelberg.

Great season opening in Chamonix!

jimmy — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:18:32 +0000

With some major snowfalls the last week we have a solid base here in Chamonix and the skiing was fantastic today! It looks like there will be a lot of snow coming and it feels really good that we have a great start of the winter.

We will be based in Chamonix until mid march, guiding in the alps until the Lyngen ski touring season starts for real. There is free dates in the calendar so maybe this will be the year to go to Chamonix once and for all! Just send an e-mail and we’ll start planning…

Merry Christmas

Jimmy Halvardsson