Ski Touring Trip near Narvik in Norway
I recently went on a Ski Touring trip with Helen. I kept a little diary of the trip so I have decided to put it online as a blog post in case other people are planning a similar trip.
Day 1 – Katterat to Hunddalshytta
We took the train from Abisko Turistasjon to Katterat late morning. Started with very heavy packs and skinned up from the station in brilliant sunshine. Jackets and hats were quickly discarded.
We adopted a travel plan of one hour effort followed by ten minutes rest. This is my standard ‘expedition’ plan as its worked for me before both running and cycling.
After a couple of hours, we caught up a couple who had a little baby in a sledge. The dad was pulling it along, and it seemed content.
At one point, Daddy decided to ski down a fairly steep slope (35 degrees) with the sledge attached to him. Mummy got quite excited by this as the sledge bouced around which erupted into a mouthful of heated abuse.
It took 3.25 hours to ski into the hytta, arriving relatively early in the day to secure beds. As the day progressed more and more people arrived and the place was properly bursting at the seams when the lights went out.
It was amazing to see the mountains in perfect blue sky. They are truly of the mini alpine category and look like smaller versions of mountains you may see in the swiss and french alps.
