Trollsteinen x 2

Date:

21.04.2021

Trollsteinen x 1.5

Date:

17.04.2021

Characteristic:

Randonnée/Telemark

Duration:

5:03h

Distance:

19.3km

© Hannah Vickers Denne uka var jeg på feltarbeid i Svalbard men jeg hadde fri denne lørdagen og benyttet anledning til å komme meg ut på en tur til Trollsteinen. Denne toppen er den jeg er mest kjent med og byr på masse fin utsikt. Gikk fra byen på ski og fulgte elvedalen opp til Nybyen der man tar av mot Larsbreen. I år var det ganske godt med snø i den trange dalen opp mot Larsbreen, så jeg fulgte noen gamle spor innover dalen som førte meg opp på østsiden av Sarkofagen. Fortsatte oppover breen til det begynte å flate ut mellom Trollsteinen og Lars Hiertafjellet. Derfra snudde jeg nesen mot ryggen på Trollsteinen og gikk opp flanken. Må si at jeg var veldig positivt overrasket over det fine pudderføre som befant seg på fjellet! Det var kanskje den aller første gang jeg hadde gått i puddersnø >>>

Trollsteinen

Date:

30.03.2019

Characteristic:

Randonnée/Telemark

Duration:

3:30h

© Hannah Vickers Upåklagelig vær i dag, men ganske kaldt til tross for at sola skinner fra alle kanter! Gikk fra UNIS gjestehus på ski opp til Nybyen, tok ca. 40 minutter før jeg begynte å ta fatt på første stigning opp mot Sarkofagen. Var mest fokksnø og litt skare opp mot Larsbreen, deretter bare myk fokksnøflak med litt antydning til pudder her og der. Ganske kjekt å bruke skarejern på ryggen - her var det godt tråkket med fotspor og litt avblåst dvs hardt føre. Mye folk var ute for å nyte finværet! Kult bildemotiv med folk på selve steinen, men her burde man ha brodder på skoen for å ta seg trygt opp og ned. Fin og effektiv tur ned til Nybyen og herfra var det mulig å skøyte et godt stykke mot sentrum, så trengte nesten ikke bære ski :D

Trollsteinen

Date:

02.05.2018

Characteristic:

Randonnée/Telemark

Duration:

2:30h

© Hannah Vickers Jeg hadde vært ute hele dagen på feltarbeid i Adventdalen og det var stort sett overskyet. Men, skydekket begynte å lette rundt kl16, sola tittet frem og da fikk jeg veldig lyst til å gå på tur da vi kjørte tilbake til byen i 17-tiden. Naturlig nok ble det en obligatorisk tur til Trollsteinen, som jeg har gått et par ganger før - men aldri med toppturski. Etter å ha gjort en rask handletur på Svalbardbutikken kjørte jeg med snøscooter opp til Nybyen (det var godt å slippe å måtte bære ski fra sentrum opp til Nybyen.....) og begynte turen derfra. Det var ca. kl19 før jeg startet turen, men det er lett å glemme hva klokken er når man er såpass langt nord på denne tiden av året. Gikk opp mot Larsbreen ved å traversere under Sarkofagen og fortsatte over breen mot Trollsteinen. >>>

Trollsteinen

Date:

24.03.2012

Characteristic:

Hike

Duration:

4:00h

© Hannah Vickers This was to be my first ever ski trip on fjellski! The lovely Kine Halse who was spending a few months at UNIS had very fortunately been able to borrow some telemark utstyr from a friend, which meant she offered to lend me her skis to use for a trip. More luckily was that her boots actually fitted me even though they were 2 sizes smaller than my usual boots! So on a crisp and sunny saturday morning, we drove up to Nybyen and parked up just at the end of the last barracks. We met here with one of Kine's friends, Karoline Kirsch and she joined us for the trip to Trollsteinen. It was a little windy here, as it always is, and I changed from my thin down jacket to my full-on Rab Summit down jacket. It was -12 in the valley, but felt so much colder with the wind chill, coupled with the fact I'd done >>>

Hiorthfjellet

Date:

26.03.2011

© Hannah Vickers One of my most memorable days on Svalbard ever. Hiortfjellet had been one of the iconic mountains of all my visits to Svalbard since being a UNIS student in 2007, but somehow I'd never found people to do the trip up there with. But finally, during the week leading up to the hike, I found some students who were also interested in taking a trip to Hiortfjellet as well and quite fortunately some of them had snowmobiles, which made getting across Adventdalen a lot quicker! We had the perfect weather for it too. Another very sunny and warm day, although you'd never have guessed it was still -22. Anyway, a group of us - around 8 altogether, scootered out and over the fjord to Hiorthhamn and parked up beside one of the cabins. From there we followed the scooter tracks up to the TV station. I guess >>>

Trollsteinen

Date:

16.02.2011

Characteristic:

Hike

© Hannah Vickers Fantastic trip up Trollsteinen with Robert, Mari and a bunch of other friends from Svalbard to see the sun come back out from behind the mountains. It was a very cold (-20) day down in town, and I had some reservations over whether my Scarpa Charmoz boots would be much good in keeping my toes warm for several hours out hiking in the snow, but I kept with them anyway and crossed my fingers that they wouldn't get too cold. I met up with the other students at about 8.30 at the barracks, and from there we took the usual way up Larsbreen toward Trollsteinen. Plenty of other locals and students out today too, so it was by no means a quiet day out. It was a great atmosphere though. Everyone was super happy about the terrific weather and views, and we were all super excited about the prospect of seeing >>>

Sarkofagen

Date:

29.01.2011

Characteristic:

Hike

© Hannah Vickers Trip up to Sarkofagen with the Aberystwyth students; Hannah, Frances, Andrew and Stuart. We had -9 down in the valley and not a lot of daylight to work with, but we made pretty good progress up Larsbreen. I felt a little too warm in fact, and eventually decided to take off my synthetic jacket. The others seemed quite happy to keep their clothes on though. The wind had been quite OK down in the lower part of Larsbreen, I guess we had been quite sheltered. But higher up, as we approached the ridge between Sarkofagen and Lars Hiertafjellet, it got extremely windy. I put my jacket back on as well as my insulated trousers over my waterproof trousers. It really was *that* cold! Despite the less-than-ideal weather no one suggested we give up and turn so we ended up continuing to the top of Sarkofagen >>>

Nordenskiold

Date:

03.04.2007

Sukkertoppen

Date:

25.03.2007