The SkiBros

April 22, 2014

Day 16 - 19: Mellow days

Day 16: Hanging around in Narvik

Day 15 ended yet another time with a great party. So day 16 was a rest day. I have to say, when we first drove through Narvik we thought it´s a dead place. But sure it is fun once you find the right place! Anyways, the weather really sucked so we added another night in Narvik and didn´t really leave the bed apart for breakfast.

Day 17: Narvikfjellet

We woke up to beautiful sunshine so we decided to go up Narvikfjellet for another run. Unfortunately the upper lift wasn´t running when we arrived and we were to lazy to hike the extra bit. Instead we went in the park with our pow skis. Haha, that worked only so-so... In the afternoon we met some guys who had actually skinned up all the way and said it was absolutely not worth it due to ice, so we just stayed on the slopes.

Slush in the morning

Trying some new grabs in sexy ski-touring gear

At least a spectacular background :)

MJ is back

Day 18: Abisko

The weather wasn´t that great again, so we did only one run close to Abisko. It must have had rained really high up, so it felt more like surfing than skiing.

Day 19: Kiruna

Today we had to give the car back so we drove back to Kiruna and now we´re hanging around in a pretty sweet hostel and enjoy the sight of snow before we get back to springtime Germany.

"Beautiful" Kiruna

Some sightseeing to kill time

April 18, 2014

Day 11 - 15: Powder and great views

Day 11: Narvik

Not much to say, just a late evening tour after planning the next days in Narvik. Waiting for snow up in Riksgränsen. At least we met a nice guy on the parking lot and that turned out to be a great contact three days later.

Clouds rolling in

Day 12: Riksgränsen

No visibility. Great snow. That´s it I guess. Oh no, wait: Great fun to sleep in the car when it´s fucking cold. Not!

Day 13: Urdalen

Same procedure this day. Great snow, cold sleep in the car. Haha but worth it! After the skiing we drove to Narvik, rented a cabin and went out partying. Damn it was funny, but you´ll have to ask us in person for the details!

Lukas dropping a cliff

Day 14: Narvikfjellet

Boy did we wake up with a bad hangover. We managed to check out at three in the afternoon though and somehow got our shit together and turned up at Narvikfjellet at 4.30 pm. We had planned to skin up a little from the top of the ski area for a good run but visibility was not good. Luckily we met Torje there, the guy we had met on the parking lot some days ago, who showed us around. Big thank you as it was definitely the best run of the trip! After that we enjoyed yet another great sunset at the fjords.

Lukas with a pretty awesome view

Max dropping in. Thanks Torje for showing us how it´s done ;)

Max with probably the best backdrop of the trip

This is the original photo, no photoshop or whatever. Not kidding!

Day 15: Ruvssotcohkka

Well, you can´t always have sunshine. Another proof of the quick weather changes here. While it looked good for a tour in the morning it wasn´t even worth taking a photo anymore three hours later on top of the mountain. And yet another big thank you goes out to Torje who gave us a great deal at a hotel in Narvik where we are currently staying.

Checking the weather in the morning

At least the drive back to Narvik was fun

Who´s more creepy?

Now let´s see what the next days will bring. At least a big breakfast tomorrow morning!

April 14, 2014

Day 8 - 10: Rain and sun

Day 8: Ballstad

Not much to say. Pouring rain all day long. And dried fish. Tons of dried fish. Check out the photos and you can imagine the smell. The hostel was awesome, though.

The view from our window

Our cabin with the grass on top

Ballstad. And a lot of fish!

Day 9: Back to the mainland

Unfortunately it rained pretty hard and the snow started only higher up. As we weren´t keen on hiking the first 200m in normal shoes we decided to head back to the mainland.

Rain...

...and snow.

Day 10: Spanstinden

The forecast said the sun wouldn´t be out for long so we turned up early. Spantstinden was the goal of the day. As we had climbed up the 1000m to the top already at 12 and the sun was still shining we decided to ski down a little and climb Sølvfjellet as well. What a great day but boy were we dead when we came back to the car.