Oh, well, we have been saved by a very large truck before. This time it was a man with an orange plastic collapsible shovel who showed us the amazing rocking technique for getting out of deep snow (rock gas rock gas rock gas ROCK GAS free!). We had a great big 2021 Nissan X-Trail with a diff lock and everything and would have been in real trouble were it not for him.fisheater wrote: ↑Sat Dec 21, 2024 8:22 pmNo Toyota Tacoma’s in Norway????Musk Ox wrote: ↑Fri Dec 20, 2024 3:29 pmAwesome! We've skied here! We got our car stuck when SOMEONE related to me by marriage drove it into a 'free parking spot' near the lake that was actually bottomless snow at the beginning of the snowmobile route/ski trail and we were saved by a passing Norwegian with alpine rescue gear practicing for Everest.stenu wrote: ↑Thu Dec 19, 2024 12:52 amWinter -24/-25’s xcD season started at Kilpisjärvi in the ”arm” of Finland. Nosi 172 with Alpina Alaska and Rottefella Supertele Cable. I like that combination a lot. Short Nosi floats better than my wife’s (10 kg lighter than me) 180 cm Falketinds. It is also much easier to turn in Scandianvian type slightly heavier pow. No remarkable difference on the approach or climbing with 60 mm mohair X-skins. Upper slopes where very hard packed, even icy at some places. Despite of Nosi’s width it was somehow manageable also there. Atleast not worse compared to Falketind.
(By the way it's an amazing spot to ski in one of the most extraordinary places in the whole of Norway. The Reijsa National Park, where this colossal trans-border trail begins, is one of the most incredible places on the planet. The secret hasn't got out of Norway and long may it remain the case!)
