Kategori: funäsfjällen
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It’s been a very warm March so far, and the past couple of days it’s been extremely warm. Combine the warm front with a blazing sun and the effects are immediate – just look at all the dark patches. Only the highest peak of Ånnfjället is still completely covered in snow but the rest of…
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The stuff that winter dreams are made of! Mild temperatures and sunshine up on my favourite mountain. I didn’t even miss my skis while snowshoeing on Ånnfjället yesterday! I was a bit worried at first that the sky would be fouled up by contrails and the thin high cloud that was partly covering the sun.…
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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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This is when the best time of the winter starts. The days are longer, the trails are better, and on a sunny day there’s nothing that beats a day out on the mountains. Theoretically anyway. It was half cloudy today with a bit of snow in the air and the trail from Hållan to Malmbäckstugan…
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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…
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Yesterday morning wasn’t very promising but the forecast said that the clouds would clear in the afternoon, so I tried to time my skiing so that I would at my favourite Gråstöten viewpoint just before sunset. It might have worked otherwise, but the sun disappeared behind clouds before it set. I was really racing against…
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Without the car, I needed a plan B. There’s a shuttle bus service between Fjällnäs and Ramundberget so all I needed was a lift to Funäsdalen to catch the bus, the idea was to go to Bruksvallarna and then ski home. My landlord was kind and drove me to Funäs, so there I was at…
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My car doesn’t like these cold temperatures. I’ve never had a problem before, but then again I’ve lived in places where it rarely got colder than -20°C. Now the car has been standing outside in -30°C and the dashboard is lit like a Christmas tree with all kinds of warnings I don’t want to see. I…