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Tour Skiing to Mount Fingeren with my Daughter

Date:
25.04.2021
Duration:
2:58h
Distance:
6.9km

This morning my daughter suggested to me that we make a ski tour to Mount Fingeren. This mountain is actually just a peak on the southwest ridge of the much greater Mount Kolåstinden, but it has become a popular destination for ski touring during winter, as well as for hiking in summer. During the winter season it is common just to go skiing up to a viewpoint just northeast of the peak; whereas during summer, and especially so when weather is nice, it is actually possible to climb up to the summit of the peak itself. The trail most commonly used to the summit of Mount Kolåstinden, however, goes on the opposite side of the mountain, and actually crosses a glacier on its way up to the summit. The peak on the southeast ridge has been named "The Finger", because it looks like a third >>>

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Alpine Ski Tour to Mount Litleskjerdingen with my Daughter

Date:
24.04.2021
Duration:
3:40h
Distance:
9.3km

I have ascended Mount Blåskjerdingen [1069 m.a.m.s.l.] multiple times, on foot during summer, as well as on skis during winter; thought I have to point out that we’re generally satisfied with visiting the south summit [1061 m.a.m.s.l.] of the mountain during winter, as the north, or main summit, is generally inaccessible when you go skiing. And so, the south peak of the mountain was actually our goal even on this occasion. Nevertheless, on this particular day, my daughter and I ended up with turning around at about 800 m.a.m.s.l.; and so we didn't actually reach any of the two summits of Mount Skjerdingen/Blåskjerdingen. When ascending Mount Blåskjerdingen, we usually park at a little parking lot located at about 214 m.a.m.s.l. in the valley called Vatnedalen (se map / GPS tracking). On >>>

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Tour Skiing to Mount Skjorta by the Fjord of Eresfjord

Date:
17.04.2021
Characteristic:
Randonnée/Telemark
Duration:
5:46h
Distance:
13.3km

There hadn't been that much snow earlier this season, and most of our ski trips this winter had resulted in some damage to our skis due to the presence of stones just beneath the surface of the snow. Some years, however, we do get more snow in April than we've had in January and February, due to polar low pressure systems that bring snow and cold weather from the polar front [i.e. a weather system around the North Pole]; and so even this year, we got about three rounds of snow in April, allowing us to have a few more ski tours, even as summer was actually approaching. My son suggested we go for Mount Skjorta [i.e. "The Shirt"] this weekend, as he had read about it in an online ski and alpine forum just a few days earlier, and so we agreed to give the mountain a try. It took us about >>>

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