The Mountain Lifestyle Blog

  • Tromso Ski Touring –  Reflections & Recovery at The Cottage

    Tromso Ski Touring – Reflections & Recovery at The Cottage

    A blissful few days back at The Cottage, where the weather has felt significantly warmer and levels of daily exercise have been significantly less that recent times. It’s been good to have a full day, with no major agenda more than to sort kit, wash clothes and service equipment before packing it away for the… Read more

  • Pre-Flight Powder Skiing

    Pre-Flight Powder Skiing

    A full value day today that started on an island near Tromso, Norway and finished back at The Cottage in North Wales, via a mountain summit and some sensational powder skiing! Anticipating a long day, we didn’t rush to get up and enjoyed a final ‘Eide Handel’ coffee at the fjordside cabin before saying our… Read more

  • Tverrfjettet (525m) Powder Ski Tour

    Tverrfjettet (525m) Powder Ski Tour

    Consecutive mountain days are starting to take their toll – We both woke up feeling utterly exhausted even having had a good sleep. Once again, outside it was snowing and the views had vanished so we had a slow start, to aid our deep fatigue, while things cleared up. An hour or so later and… Read more

  • Gråtinden Ski Tour (707m)

    Gråtinden Ski Tour (707m)

    For a ‘change of skyline’, we drove around the fjord this morning to climb a peak called Gråtinden. It was a beautiful thirty minute drive, during which we saw only a handful of other vehicles. The scenery around here is just incredible. Everywhere you look there another even better vista. And to be able to… Read more

  • Botnfjellet Powder Skiing

    Botnfjellet Powder Skiing

    The forecast ‘good weather’ took until after breakfast to arrive. This was the view when I woke up this morning… And this is the same view this afternoon! Heavy snow equals fresh powder to ski though! We uncovered the car and got going as the final snowflakes were still falling as it was clear that… Read more

  • Arctic Powder Skiing

    Arctic Powder Skiing

    Woke up to more snow (about 5cm on the car outside and more higher up) and no views. Snow showers have been coming and going all day along with the views. There was no rush to get out and about, so we spent the morning inside while Clare did some ‘office work’ and sorted some… Read more

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