Snow report Northern Norway, 11/12/2015
Ski tour in Tamokdalen. As there is almost no snow around Tromsø and very little in the Lyngen Alps, we drove to Tamokdalen today, which is about 1.5 hours' drive south-east of Tromsø and is protected from the sea in the
Northern Norway
Snow condition
Snow quality
Overall impression
Snow condition
Unfortunately, there's not much snow here either. Compared to the Alps, it's probably a higher level of complaining, but skinning up is only possible from the tree line (400 m). At 1000 m there's between 0.5 and 1 m of snow, which is sometimes heavily influenced by the wind.
Snow quality
The 2-5 cm of fresh snow last night seems to have fallen without much wind and was nice and powdery, but unfortunately far too little. Underneath, however, there is hard old snow that has been heavily compressed by the wind.
Risks
Drift snow deposits are very pronounced on the northern slopes and there is a strong wind influence everywhere. We were therefore consistently in the relatively flat (
Overall impression
With almost 2 hours of sunshine today, it was an absolute dream day. Unfortunately, there is far too little snow for the season all over Norway, including here. But compared to the Alps, that seems to be complaining on a high level. For decent skiing you still need a good snowfall, which unfortunately is not in sight at the moment.
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