Day 3 - 7 Sun and fjords

Day 3: Lappland powder

Skitouring in Lappland is great. Our plan was to climb the Låkthajåkka. But when we got up from the valley we saw that the face that we wanted to ski was badly windblown and on our right side was a great field of powder. So we went for that one. Good choice as you can see. After that we drove down to Narvik and had a nice sleep in the car ;)

Lukas touring up

Sun and powder

Yet again

Narvik

Sunset

Day 4: Fiskefjorden

From Narvik we drove to Hinnøya. It took us forever to get a map for the area as they somehow were sold out everywhere. So don´t believe the internet when they say "you get a map for touring at every supermarket". Anyways, that gave us a really late start. We had planned to hike up to a hut on a mountain plateau but the higher we came up the more wet snow avalanches showed up so we turned around and went back to the car. It was a bit annoying as we had planned on staying up there for two days and we had a ton of stuff on our back. It was the first time skiing above a fjord though, so it was good fun anyways. After that it was time for a sleep in the car again.

Sleeping in the car. Awesome!

Our goal for the next day. Didn´t work out, maybe next time...

Above Fiskefjorden

And another great sunset

Day 5: Haukebøtinden

This time we were up early. And what a great day it was. Sun, sun, sun and a really nice peak. Very windblown on top, but the view was epic. We weren´t really keen on sleeping in the car again so this time we went for one of the DNT-huts in the area. That meant that we had finally a proper roof, a bed and a heating. It felt like a hotel compared to the car ;)

Pretty windy

On top of the world

Day 6: Above Harstad

As we had to go shopping in Harstad anyways we decided we could just climb a peak next to Harstad. Same procedure as everyday: Sun, great view and ok snow. We stayed again in the DNT-hut where Lukas managed to heat up the fireplace up so hot that it felt like a sauna :D

Not photoshopped!

Above Harstad

Powder on top of the city

Planning the next day

Day 7: Hemmestadfjellet

That day we planned on going further down the Lofoten so we wanted to do a short skitour. Haha, it ended up being pretty long but when the sun is out you don´t want to miss anything here. I don´t know what we did to get 6 days of sunshine in a row but it´s great. Unfortunately the drive down to Svolvaer took quite long and we didn´t find a hostel there. After a lot more driving and pouring rain/snow we ended up in Ballstad very late in the evening where we found a great hostel. 

Chilling in the sun

Fisherman´s friend

As we finally have some internet and it´s heavy rain with strong winds we took a break today and try to plan the next couple of days. More about that later!