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!

Day 1 & 2

Day 1 - Travelling

Travelling. A lot of travelling. We started at 4:30 when Alex drove us to the airport (thanks a lot again!). Flying to Stockholm from Zurich was pretty decent, but Stockholm to Kiruna was kind of Ryanair-style without food or beverages. Actually you got a cup of coffee or tea for free. Thank you so much!

Anyways, picked up the car after that and drove to the next supermarket to buy as much food as possible for the next weeks. I think we succeeded but I also think we won´t like pasta with bolognese that much anymore after this holiday. After that we headed to Abisko where we are staying at a hostel and enjoyed an early sleep.

Soon in Stockholm :)

The lady from the car rental said it wouldn´t fit. Challenge accepted!

Camping on the lake. Seems to be what people like here...

Day 2 - Abisko

What a great day! A ski area that we had to share with about 30 people (it was a crowded day the locals said) and great powder. It doesn´t really get any better. We´ll let the pictures speak for themselves.

#selfie

Lappland powder

Basically brand new

 

First line

Airtime :)

A trick, never done before: the "poop"-style

Max had to try it as well! 

Nuolja

Tomorrow we´re going on a ski-tour here in Sweden and then we´ll head over to the Lofoten. Don´t worry if you don´t hear from us for the next couple of days as we plan on staying in the car or cabins in the mountains ;)

Time to leave

It´s time for us to pack our stuff and head to the airport. Tomorrow we´re taking the train to Zurich were we stay at a friend´s place and friday (damn early) morning we´re flying to Kiruna. Really looking forward to this. I´m sure it will be an adventure, but I hope that we´ll get good skiing as well. Oh and I just played some Tetris, I hope the people at the SAS counter are nice and don´t weight the skibag :D

Almost no "normal" clothes. Still a lot :D

It did fit though!