Category: Skiing

Long time no blog..

Five days of skiing in Äksälomopolo, punctuated by two days of Norovirus 🙁

Great winter weather, possibly because of the early dates for Easter this year.

Some more skiing - two months since the season opening...

XC skiing season opening! 7.4 km on the flat fields of Paloheinä.

They say all the snow might melt away next week...

A picture with all the skiing from earlier this week. Roughly the places visited on the route, with some random links. See also Ylläksen latureittiopas.

• Monday: Hangaskurun laavu, Karhukota, Tammitupa, Haavepalo, Villen kämppä, Lainiokrouvi, Villen kämppä, Latvamaja, Kesänginkeidas
• Tuesday: Kotamaja, Pyhäjärvi, Ketunlenkki, Peurakaltio, Kukaslompolo (see Ketunlenkki)
• Wednesday: Velhonkota, Luosujärvi, Aurinkotupa, Kahvikeidas, Kellostapulin kuru
• Thursday: Kukaslompolo, Peurakaltio, Äkäsmylly, Äkäskero, Kotamaja (see Myllyhiihto)
• Friday: Kotamaja, Pyhäjärven kämppä, Tammitupa, Latvamaja, Kellostapulin kuru

Mylly hiihto (link describes the course in the reverse direction we did it)

Around Ylläs. Again the snow is soft and slow towards the afternoon. And it's raining.

About +1C already in the morning, so in the sun it gets very warm, soft, and slow by the afternoon.

A flight north to Kittilä to escape the spring in Helsinki and enjoy what's left of the winter during a week of skiing in Äkäslompolo (Ylläs).
Started off the week with a 57km trip: