Kategori: skidor
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Fabulous weekend! It is sunny today and it will be sunny tomorrow and in between there’s a cold night which creates a crust on the snow. I’ve never really tried crust skiing before so I wasn’t quite sure where to go, so I chose a compromise. I drove to Fjällnäs, where I could ski on the prepared…
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This is the kind of day we should have had during the Easter (no, I still can’t let that go). Warm sunshine and blue sky, just inviting me to ski up to the mountain. Going uphill in the afternoon sun left no doubts about the season – it was warm, very warm. I took off…
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Last week I swore that I wouldn’t do any more skate skiing unless it’s on the crusty snow on the early mornings of late April after a cold night. Today it was a few degrees above crusty, with a bit of rain in the air, and I went skate skiing. My hybrids don’t glide and…
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One of my big goals this winter was to ski the Mittåkläppen Nordic Ski track from Bruksvallarna. I’ve already done the short portion of it from Ramundberget, because even if it’s really steep at first, it’s not very long and can conveniently be combined with the Djupdalsvallen loop. But today I did it from Bruksvallarna, including…
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This is the first time in many years that I’m not going to the mountains for Easter. Because, I’m already here! So the only planning I needed to do was to decide the direction where to ski. And which skis to take. I tested my new skis at home first but despite a generous layer of…
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The problem with slipping skis that I mentioned in the last post, that’s solved. It was just a bad job in the shop, because as soon as I got expert help, the skis were fine and my technique is not to blame either. The bad news is that my body doesn’t seem to be able to…
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I got myself a pair of new skis yesterday! I’ve outgrown my waxless hybrids which have been an endless source of frustration this winter when I’ve had people skiing past me left and right just because they glide is so bad. Enough is enough! So yesterday I did what I hope was the last trip…
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Ever since I started training in November, I’ve been thinking about skiing the Mittåkläppen trail. If you start in Bruksvallarna, you follow the road which you drive in the summer – the first 6 km is mostly uphill. If you start in Ramundberget though, you only need to go up for 3 km, 200m altitude change. I’ve…
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I don’t actually have anything to write about. My car is still in Östersund, the weather is boring, but my skis are working fine. Well except yesterday because it was above freezing and the snow was sticky, so every time I had to go over some loose snow it was like walking with snowshoes rather than skiing.…
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I finally made it to Bruksvallarna! After missing it twice two weeks ago when my car broke down. Now I have a rental car, so I don’t have to ski the same Ånnfjället trail every weekend. Of course it figures that when I finally can freely choose my location, the weather is not so nice…