 Poster: A snowHead
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The weather seems to behave according to the following pattern:
Time: 09:00, clear, light airs
Time: 09:30, snowing, vis 50m, northerly near gale
Time: 10:00, vis 10km, southerly gentle breeze
Time: 10:30, snowing, easterly near gale, vis hand-in-front-of-face
Time: 10:35, clear, light airs, vis 15km
Time: 11:00, snowing, westerly near gale...
As a result, there is A LOT of snow here and wind blown too which means...
Current avalanche report: level 4, aspects affected: all of them
However, there's still plenty of superb skiing to be had thanks to the terrain, which is indescribable: you just have to experience it to believe it  Fresh snow is wind blown compacted powder, almost creamy and great to ski on. We're keeping off steep terrain at present.
Currently drinking tea waiting for the current storm to blow through. Captain Oates would be proud.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Excellent tea drinking conditions...
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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...which is a shame because last night it looked like this:
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Oh, wait a minute, yep, that's definitely blue sky .Time to go skiing! Unbelievable
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Ha ha.
Stay safe and look forward to hearing all. With pics too hopefully.
Been on the list for a while.
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Will do Mike; we're in good safe hands. It's now a bright spring day...here
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Today was the first time it didn't randomly boot it down 4 ins of snow. Total bluebird and untracked powder...again. Only skiers on the mountain and in line of sight...again (although we spotted some tracks on another mountain 10 miles away). Photo out of the car. Not exactly Matthaius Fredrikson but you get the picture 
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| Flouncymark wrote: |
| Photo out of the car. Not exactly Matthaius Fredrikson but you get the picture |
Ha ha.
Is this a touring trip? Heli?
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| Flouncymark wrote: |
We do have some far more accomplished photos though, which will appear soon (ish). Last day today and the sun's out...again  |
Looking forward to the full TR! Norway is on my to do list.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Flouncymark, I've done 5 trips up to Lyngen, however always late April / early May and we've always been lucky with weather, only one day weather a was a little wet (rain) and we waited it out on the boat and let the front track through and went out about 16:00 till around 22:30 !
Are you on a boat ?
It is superb up there, though have not done Lofoten, we also used to go to Riksgransen from Tromso to do some heli after a week's touring, as well as ski Narvik.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Weathercam, we're not on a boat; we're staying in a town called Henningsvaer courtesy of the Nord Norsk Klatre Skole. It's bizzare watching fishing boats pass our window after a day skiing. We got all 4 seasons in a day for a few days and boot to knee deep powder (one of the guides said it was the most snow he's seen here in 30 years...). The last 2 days hit the jackpot with blue skies
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Flouncymark, looking forward to the proper photos. More than a little gutted not to be there. (But if you start with the banter, I will point out that you've been missing dusty trails and warm sunshine. Unbelievably.)
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You know it makes sense.
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Just having breakfast looking at this view. It's a shame we're heading back today. Offpisteskiing got further win when he managed to keep his eyes open long enough last night to see a display of the northern lights. Next year...
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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AndAnotherThing.., patience...on route to the airport so it'll be several days before I can put something together. There's just line after line between the Lofotens and Narvik and not a track on it.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Weathercam; that video is brilliant. It all looks like great fun! I've not thought of combining a ski trip with sailing.
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It turns out Evenes airport has free wifi
A taster of part of the finest view on earth:
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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The view from Henningsvaer, where we were staying, wasn't too shabby either
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Sigh, yet another destination added to the to do list, looks great thank you for sharing
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It's worth it. Full TR will be up in the next week or so
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Flouncymark, taster pics looks well tasty! Moarrr please.
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Zero G, maybe just the one...
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Now you're just teasing...
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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sheesh - I took about 450 photos... these are going to take some sorting out...
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I've narrowed mine down to 190 odd so far. The trip report's gonna be a bit like the trip: E P I C
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Stop teasing and make with the TR!
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You know it makes sense.
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Just pick the photos with the most conspicuous photo slutting and/or gibbon steez.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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fatbob, more like cod-steeze than gibbon steeze up here... Not that I'm much of a one for steeze anyway as my crotchline is way too high and I don't wear tall Ts....
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Zero-G, to keep you going, here's a picture of some decapitated cod:
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Nice pics. Must go there some time.
My uncle comes from Lofoten islands, but seems to have failed to inform me that it was possible to ski there.
I know some colleagues that skied in Svalbard (way further North). Need to take firearms apparently, unless you fancy being the next dinner for a polar bear!
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Speaking of which...
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Arno, surprising to see that they still use old school drying methods.
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And do any of you know where the main market is for it?
Good thing about being on the boat is that we used to fish* as well after skiing, and so much cod !
Plus some, not all of the islands** are fish depots, so we'd call in and come away with fresh halibut and the like.
* See that main video I link to and fast forward and you'll see what I mean
** Many are only inhabited in the summer
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according to the team cod expert the main markets for lofoten dried cod are Italy and Nigeria
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The snow was too good to even consider a diversion to cod fishing. Plus we had our mountain rescue responsibilities to attend to...again
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Whereabouts in henningsvaer were you Flouncymark, ? We spent 3 days there one Nov. on a works strategy meeting (seriously- our CEO was Swedish and wanted to show us northern Scandi). Couldn't all fit in one hotel so were spread around town. As you say an absolutely wonderful place, and it was greatto get away from the madding crowds. Your photos bring back wonderful memories.
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