Valdres (Vestre Slidre) - Kringsjå.
Christmas 2013 brought no snow and temperatures in the plus areas about everywhere. Therefore we decided to leave Femundsmarka (our original plan) for another time. Our christmas gift from our neighbours was actually that we could borrow/use their cabin in the mountains. From the nearest parking lot you need to ski about 50 mins to the cabin:) totally our thing!
So, pulk (sled with supplies) and skies in the car...and off we went!
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| hers |
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| his |
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| King of the Pulk |
Next day was quite windy. The first part of our day-trip we spend discussing the amount of work you need to put in to overcome friction & gravity and thus the forces needed to move yourself forward and upward. (Michiel can explain this in a much more scientific/fundamental way...:)). Then our path turned towards the wind which pretty much put an end to our discussion (discussion....I guess you could rather call it my private tuition into basic statics..)
After another turn we headed back towards our cabin, with the choice of going over the lake (somewhat shifty in december with snow covering the ice and a history of improper cold..), going alongside the lake (safe, but slightly boring) or going through the birch forest (heavy, powder, up and down, no straight lines and unexpected bumps and dips). Take a wild guess where we ended up..
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| playing in the birch-forest |
Day 3: Sunshine. Yeah! It didn't last very long but long enough for us to get some nice snapshots of sunrise on the mountains :):):).
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| good morning sunshine |
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| Kringsjå - the cabin |
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| going back over the lake |
After we packed everything and skied back to the car, we drove up to Vaset to play around in the snow for a few hours there too. Luckily skies cleared up again and the colors around sunset are just....WOW!
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| Sky on fire |
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| purple haze |
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