Ski traversing from Tamokdalen to Kilpisjarvi was an idea I had been thinking about for years. Looking at the map there were numerous options for routes back to Finland with most of them being straight forward through valleys. While being somewhat easy I was looking for a bit more challenging of a route. Looking though … Read more
By now it had been cloudy during the days with a brief window on clear skies around Midnight. After a few days of resting at Tamokhuset we finally got a brief window from 11 p.m. until 6 a.m. Wanting to make the most out of it Jarkko, Saana and I made plans to go check … Read more
Nerotinden is one of those peaks that while close to the Tamokhuset it never really got any attention. I had been interested in it ever sense I spotted it while heading out to Tamokfjellet. While the Northwest bowl was riddled with cliffs it seemed there could be a route through. Being near the end of … Read more
The previous season I had bailed on Háhttagáisi South Chute because we were too late in the day. I knew I wanted to go back but just needed the right weather window. The typical Spring weather of cloudy days and clear night showed up again in the Forecast and I had to come up with … Read more
By early May the standard forecasts were cloudy during the day with a brief clearing around Midnight. By now the Midnight Sun had arrived and time really wasn’t a determining factor anymore. The previous night I had climbed Sjufjellet with mixed results and wanted another tour close to the huset as I was solo. Thinking … Read more
Sometimes everything goes smooth while other times you seem to be on a bad streak. By now I was still quarantined for potential Corona while my ski touring partners (Titti and Jukkis) had left for Finland and I was now touring solo. The storms were still raging outside and the weather windows were brief and … Read more
I should have known from the name as Istinden transates to Ice Mountain but I was stubborn. Having just rode the West Couloir on Rostakulen in powder I thought that the North Couloir of Istinden would be in similar conditions. The idea was to skin through the Postdalen Valley and climb the route so we … Read more
Two days earlier we were able to ride the West Couloir of Rostafjellet and wanted to head back into the area. Knowing that the Western slopes were a bit more in the rain shadow we would have a better chance for good weather as well as a bit less snow then the Tamokdalen Valley. Having … Read more
It was both a bit awesome and frustrating seeing the snow pile up outside of our window. When I first arrived at Tamokhuset there was a weak layer in the snowpack and after weeks it was finally gone only to have almost a meter of new snow and more coming in the forecast. At the … Read more
On one of the many stormy days throughout the season we decided to take a scenic drive to check out the West side of Rostafjellet. Looking at the 3 kilometer long cliff face you could see numerous different couloirs. Once getting a closer look I could see that most of them ended in ice cliffs … Read more