Summer of 2015

The winter is coming up real soon and I'm looking back at a summer filled with epic days. Lots and lots of days spent in the nature, fly fishing, mountain biking and hiking. It's been great! Even if it was short and cold, still a really good summer.

Now I can't wait to put my ski boots back on!!

Spent lots of nights in the cozy tent

Camp with Helags in the background

Sunset fishing in a mountain lake

Geitgaljartind

At the end of our trip to Lofoten we skinned up to the top of Geitgaljartind, 1086 meters high, maybe one of Norways most beautiful mountains! We parked the car near the beach and hiked from the summer all the way up to really cold snow and an insane view from the top. Crazy!

Not that much snow left at the start of the hike

INSANE!

Stoked

Skiing down with the ocean in the background

Time for some summer..

Lofoten

We all wanted just a little more winter before putting away the skis, so plans were made to head up to Lofoten in Norway. The trip started in Östersund where we stuffed the car to the roof and then started the long drive up north. When we arrived on Lofoten the weather didn't look that amazing with stormy winds and rain, but the days after that were much calmer and we even got some blue bird.
Up there we did many nice tours in insane nature with the ocean surrounding us, some peaks over 1000 meters above sea level. Every night we set up our camp near some nice beach, had a dinner, a few beers and just enjoyed life.
A perfect end of this winter!

More touring in Kittelfjäll

Once again I decided to take my car and head up to Grönfjäll/Kittelfjäll for some ski touring. There is still lots of snow on the mountains around there, so if you haven't already waxed your skis for the summer, go!

Bye bye Åre

The ending weekend in Åre was as it always is, one the best all year and especially the runs down Östra ravinen. Had so so many nice runs shredding around the mountain with good people. Thanks and good bye Åre. Now it's about time for all the spring touring!

Bentchetlers, super fun in the slush

Ride the Cow in Hemavan

Went to Hemavan for this years Ride the Cow comp. Super fun event where I ended on 3rd place. Managed to get one big cliff at the top and a double at the bottom of my run.

Edit from the comp:


Ride the Cow 2015 - Freeride

Tänndalen

Found this nice cliff in Tänndalen. The one who searches finds..
Blue bird and slushy spring days is not bad at all. Nice warm up for Ride the Cow in Hemavan.
Photo: Ylva Stiernspetz

Too deep in Champoluc

On the last day in Italy we got yet another big dump of snow

Fluffy deep pow

Too deep

Monterosa - Italy

In search for fresh snow, we booked a last minute trip to Italy and the powder place Monterosa. While there we were lucky and managed to get two big dumps of snow! Really nice to ski that last bit of powder before the slushy spring skiing season starts back home.

Ylva is killing it in Gressoneys pow

Scoping lines

Biking in March

A short break from skiing with some mountain biking around Frösön. Big contrasts in March.

Spring touring in Kittelfjäll

Spring is here and time for sunshine ski touring. We went to Kittelfjäll and found lots of nice peaks. For steeper runs check out the area around Grönfjäll! Stay in basic cottages just below the mountains in Grönfjäll and enjoy amazing ski touring starting from your doorstep!

Spy Hennepin shades with Happy lens, so sick!

Hucking in Kittelfjäll

Putting down a long 360 from the cornice into Storgrova in Kittelfjäll.

Sayonara Nippon, Goodbye Japan

Goodbye Japan, see you next time! First back home to my apartment in Sweden and then off to new adventures..

Pov from Honshu

A short pov edit with a few powder moments from our Japanese roadtrip.
Clips from Hakuba Cortina, Myoko area and Naeba.

Roadtrippin Honshu

Snow monkeys, karaoke, vending machines, onsens (hot springs), sick amounts of snow and some really good ramen noodles! Japan has so much more than just skiing. On our roadtrip around Honshu we've visited the area around Hakuba, Myoko Kogen and the ski areas near the town of Juzawa. A personal favorite is a ski resort called Naeba.

Niseko pow days

Bouncing around on soft pillows in powder paradise Niseko.

Moyko Kogen

With a snow depth of over 4 meters in many ski resorts, our roadtrip thru Japanese main island Honshu continous.. We've skied many of the classic olympic resorts in the Hakuba valley and then we followed the snow east to the area around Myoko Kogen. More traditional and more powder for us!
Although we are already in Febraruy the snow just keeps on falling... Japow!

Myoko pow pow

Deep deep powder today in Myoko Akakura Kanko. Gotta love Japan!

Hemsedal, home and off again

Back from Hemsedal and off to new adventures. Two days ago I came home from an awesome trip to Hemsedal and I'm already sitting on a train down to Stockholm. We are getting on a plane early morning tomorrow to Tokyo, and the first stop on this years Japan trip will be Hakuba. Keep your eyes open for updates from the trip!
But first a few shots from Norway...