After a rough evening at the Blårock bar in Tromsø, watching three live bands and hurting the ears quite badly, we decided to go to the classic west couloir of Ellendaltinden in the southern Lyngen. Together with Morgan Sahlen, Magnus Eriksson and Henrik Sjöblom we had a nice day out in a spectacular setting. Hoping to climb the peak we had to see ourselves beaten. Steep rock with wet soft snow on top didn’t match our plans today. Morgan just back from winning the Nordic freeskiing championships in Riksgränsen (telemark) showed us how to ski this couloir, making changing conditions look easy! 40 degrees at the most and 700 meters of sustained skiing. And a first class boot pack ofcourse… Cheers guys!
Magnus Eriksson makes a first turn in the couloir still listening to the Fleshtones. A consert we went to a couple of hours ago! Photo: Jimmy Halvardsson
Sliding back towards the car in the end of May! Photo: Jimmy Halvardsson
Morgan Sahlen is a "happy chap". At the col 1260m, below the summit of Ellendaltinden. Photo: Jimmy Halvardsson
Magnus Eriksson in the front. Really warm in the couloir and in some parts we managed to stay in the shade... Photo: Jimmy Halvardsson
Henrik Sjöblom with the west couloir ahead... Photo: Jimmy Halvardsson
