If you use a pulk I highly recommend that you build a rear-brake so that when you pause during an ascent your pulk cannot slide backwards and pull on you. It only requires an alu piano-hinge and a piece of plastic (or alu) for the flap- I used UHMWPE stock because I had it laying around- I braced th...

Hope the guy drivin' the train ain't high on cocaine.... The single-track Nordlands Railway in Norway that goes from Trondheim north, crossing the arctic circle, and on to Bodø (about 10hrs, 20hrs from Oslo). It was built at a great human cost by slave labor employed by the Nazis during ww2- mostly ...

This missus on our final day skiing up the bank to or Sami buddy's house. To eat some of his reindeer with him and his family, old friends we have not seen since before Covid. He served cooked reindeer heart which is the best dark meat there is and his wife made a wonderful reindeer stew. The meat w...

An unplanned bivouac directly and I mean directly-on the Arctic Circle.

Near Umbukta (Ranafjell), Norway

We finished the first two-week tour in Lonsdal, Norway and rented a Statskog (forest-service) cabin) on the Lønselva (elva = river), about 2 kkm upstreal from our Sami freind;s house and reindeer operations-center. So we could ski down and hang out with him and vice a versa. This is the missus enrou...

I have two cotton Anoraks. They are both the Norrona Svalbard model. They are both made of 100% organic cotton. They breathe great, they shed massive arctic winds (the tight weave is perfect), they cost about 150 bucks on sale. I don't like their new cotton/poly one- they made the blend because pol...

I have two cotton Anoraks. They are both the Norrona Svalbard model. They are both made of 100% organic cotton. They breathe great, they shed massive arctic winds (the tight weave is perfect), they cost about 150 bucks on sale. I don't like their new cotton/poly one- they made the blend because poly...

Some more pics from last season in Norway. All of this series are from Skarvheimen mountain range, north of Hardangervidda and south of Jotunheimen. The forecast gave a 5-day window of high pressure, but they were pretty certain that it would break down after the 5 days. The traverse would normally...

Me again with my beloved Canadian Ski Marathon. The 2024 edition will bring significant changes as the whole event will not be as spread as before. @spopepro we should not have to take our skis for a walk this year as we did last year for different reasons sometimes out of the control of the organi...