Back in Chamonix – Skiing on the southern slopes of Mt Blanc
Yesterday morning I got back to Chamonix, and went straight to Helbronner together with Max. We had a great day of skiing with perfect timing. First we went up Tour Ronde and dropped down on the south face towards the Brenva glacier and hit the left finish just when it was starting to get to […]
La Grave – Guide course
Last week I did the first course on the Swedish guide scheme. It was an avalanche course run by European Avalanche School in La Grave. Day after day we went out among the mountains looking at snow crystals, digging snow pits and talking about how to move among the mountains. It was great to meet […]
La Grave – Great skiing with friends
Last Thursday the téléphérique in La Grave was closed, so I had a sought after rest day. The following day it was still closed so we hitched a ride with Swedish guide Per Ås to the little ski resort of le Chazelet where we ended up having a wonderful ski day. Nothing but the kid’s […]
Going south to La Grave
The last few days I have been spending in my car going from Ylläs to Luleå and then Stockholm, Göteborg, Orust, Frankfurt and then La Grave (France). After four to five days of driving and almost 4000 km I’m finally in La Grave where it’s puking snow and the mountain has been closed the whole […]
Ice climbing premiere at Källsberget
Having a day back home I felt like I had to check the ice conditions at Källsberget outside of Älvsbyn, Sweden. It’s not a great place to start with, but I was really keen to use the tools again. Last time I was ice climbing was on the Shield of Huascaran, so this time it […]
Kellostapuli – 500 something meters (maybe even 400 something)
In the last couple of months none of the mountain posts on this site have been on a mountain under 6000 meters. Well, I thought I had to change this fact to make the alps feel big again, so I went ski touring in Finland. Kellostapuli is a knoll just north of the finnish ski […]
Ylläs – Christmas above the arctic circle
Numb toes, burning cheeks and brain freeze – that can normally describe skiing in the north around christmas time. And of course i got my share of these extraordinary sensations this time as well even though it felt warmer than i remember is normal. The last time I spent the christmas in the finnish ski […]
