Well, there hasn’t been very much winter in Sweden this winter. Luckily for me my old job, or rather a bunch of enthusiast at my old job, planned our annual ski trip to the north and I hadn’t been spurned for changing my allegiance. This years trip went to Norway, specifically to Trysil where they had snow in abundance. Woohoo!
After a picking my travelling companions up at Arlanda Airport - they just returned from the Dominican Republic - and changing their luggage for something more suited for skiing we embarked upon our seven hour drive to Trysil. Arriving at night we didn’t really appreciate how much snow there was although it did register that there was plenty of snow.
When we woke up on friday morning another foot of snow had fallen. That first day of skiing was both a bliss and a bother. 30 centimeters of fresh powder in the piste but a temperature around zero degrees centigrades made the snow heavy. Pretty soon skiers and snowboarders had formed banks of snow criss-crossing the piste. But I shouldn’t complain the weather was great and skiing was fun. As for after ski the Norweigans have a lot to learn.
Saturday was another brilliant day. The temperature had dropped and the piste was well groomed. There was a low cloud coverage so we took a prolonged lunch with good pasta and plenty to drink. That evening we arranged our own after ski in the cabin. Much better!
Sunday was our last day and we cleared out the cabin in record time catching the lifts as they opened. Another 10 centimeters of snow had fallen and it was well below freezing. Great! I spent the first couple of hours of the day skiing in the piste.
I was heading to the top to cross over on the other side of the mountain but aborted due to wind. On my way back down I encountered a few other dudes in our group who where skiing off-piste. Naturally I joined although I was well out of my league. It was great fun but ever so tireing. My legs felt like jello after a while. And since I had shifted my weight way, way, too far back I didn’t exactly make it easier for me. But I’ll definitely try it again.
In february I’m off to Kittelfjäll with my new job. 