A great week is ended here in Lyngen and it was a very nice finish of this fantastic ski season. Having three students and one visiting aspirant guide doing his final practice with us made this week a truly good experience for everyone. Starting off with camping and avalanche training and moving into steeper adventures as the days moved on… Couloir skiing, Glacier travel, navigation, rope works and climbing steep snow. Lyngen is fantastic in early summer and normaly we have snow lower down but this spring has been unusually warm and sunny. This week was also warm and sunny but it was all to the better for us. Enjoying midnight sun, epic spring skiing and good atmosphere all week made this week a special one. Thanks to all!
Summer is moving in here and a well deserved family vacation awaits on the doorstep…
From July to September we go trekking, glacier walking, rock climbing and summer mountaineering here so please send a request for these activities in Tromsø and Lyngen!
Best Regards / Jimmy Halvardsson
First evening and already skiing in the midnight sun here. Great snow and cool people! Photo: Jimmy Halvardsson
Climbing one of the nice couloirs on Storgalten today and a perfect intro to ice axe and crampon work. Photo: Jimmy Halvarsson
Mindblowing scenery awaited us at the col today. After many good days this marked a sort of finish for this season skiing… Photo: Mårten Johansson
Beautiful setting in the Lyngen mountains. Stopping for a swim on our trek and navigation day. Photo: Jimmy Halvardsson
In Nord-Lenangen in the Lyngen alps the snow gods has been giving us days and days with the white stuff.. Hard wind now and then but in general the ski touring is fantastic. As alway the visibility comes and goes here, even in the worst of weather, so just being out on the mountain normaly pays off! A couple of weeks since last update here but we have been out on the mountain daily since then and it´s been good times… The conditions does not really allow us to go in very steep terrain at the moment but skiing powder is always fun!
With the new boat we can ski the Islands in the sea! Photo: Jimmy Halvardsson
Skiing on Trolltind on Arnøya a couple of days ago . Photo: Jimmy Halvardsson
Skiing the lower slopes of Lillegalten a couple of weeks ago… Photo. Jimmy Halvardsson
Opening the doors here in Nord-Lenangen last sunday and so far it’s been a great start of the season. Lot’s of snow, pretty cold, nice people and good skiing. Every morning when waking up we have 20cm of fresh snow outside and today we had good visibility as well! Stepping carefully at the moment since we have avalanche danger out here but there is plenty of tours wich can be done anyway. With a packed program this winter and lot’s of new stuff going on we welcome all of you who have booked tours with us in the Lyngen Alps. See you soon! Jimmy
The season starts for real this week with an avalanche and skitouring lecture in Tromsø on wednesday and first ski touring clients on thursday. March often gives good snow conditions in The Lyngen Alps and fantastic Northern lights in the evenings.
There will be some highly qualified guides joining the AscentDescent guide team this season and we want to welcome both skiers and guides to Lyngen and Northern Norway.
… And yes, we have some dates left for the ones looking for a last minute trip so just call or mail for more info…
See you soon! / Jimmy, Petra and Max
Kvaløya outside tromsø is a great ski touring island with many peaks up to 1000 metres. Here we ski a nice slope close to our home in Tromso. Skier: Petra Halvardsson
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!
Ski by boat with AscentDescent “The Lyngen Mountain Guides”
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
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
