69 degrees North
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randoskier
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Re: 69 degrees North
That snowmobile track was laid down by a Norwegian Army Patrol- the right bank is Norway the left bank is Russia. The mountain in the other picture is in Russia- I would have liked to ski on that side- nice small mtn ranges, but that is not possible since Russia is a paranoid, walled off country that blames all of its (self made) problems on the rest of the world. Sad. I was happy to have the track the nes snow was not consolidated.
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randoskier
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Re: 69 degrees North
randoskier wrote: ↑Mon Apr 18, 2022 1:02 pmThat snowmobile track was laid down by a Norwegian Army Patrol- the right bank of the Pasvik River is Norway the left bank is Russia. The mountain in the other picture is in Russia- I would have liked to ski on that side- nice small mtn ranges, but that is not possible since Russia is a paranoid, walled off country that blames all of its (self made) problems on the rest of the world. Sad. I was happy to have the track the nes snow was not consolidated.
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Re: 69 degrees North
randoskier wrote: ↑Mon Apr 18, 2022 1:03 pmrandoskier wrote: ↑Mon Apr 18, 2022 1:02 pmThat snowmobile track was laid down by a Norwegian Army Patrol- the right bank of the Pasvik River is Norway the left bank is Russia. The mountain in the other picture is in Russia- I would have liked to ski on that side- nice small mtn ranges, but that is not possible since Russia is a paranoid, walled off country that blames all of its (self made) problems on the rest of the world. Sad. I was happy to have the track the new snow was not consolidated.
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Re: 69 degrees North
Into Finland. A peaceful border. Skiing WEST into Finland! West! The fence is for the reindeer herded by Sami people (Lapps) on both sides of the border. Finnish Lapland has 180k people and 200k reindeer.
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Re: 69 degrees North
Finn cabin, the Piilola wilderness cabin..the 280cm Forest skis belong to an ice-fisherman I shared the cabin with.
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Re: 69 degrees North
@randoskier it looks like you had a beautiful trip!
Did the finnish ice fisherman share any perch (as depicted on the painting) with you? One of my favorite freshwater fish (together with the whole salmonid range).
Did the finnish ice fisherman share any perch (as depicted on the painting) with you? One of my favorite freshwater fish (together with the whole salmonid range).
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Re: 69 degrees North
That looks like it was a great trip and a good way to end the season.
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Re: 69 degrees North
Thanks Al, twas! The skiing was flatter than I am used too, but the trip had a lot of geographic interest and wonderful cabins along most of the way. The people in this region are very nice as well.lowangle al wrote: ↑Tue Apr 19, 2022 5:33 amThat looks like it was a great trip and a good way to end the season.