Kittelfjäll - Smaertin

Memory lane, a bumpy ride

While roaming the internets this morning I came across this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofKDfNjJsEQ It really made me think, and memories from last february came back. Many key factors from the tragic accident in Montana were the same as we had. We also had a touchy snowpack,

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Kittelfjäll 16th of February, through my eyes

On the 16th of February, I, Andrea and Maria got caught in an avalanche in Kittelfjäll. An avalanche that had all potential to be lethal to all of us, and we made it by luck or coincidence. This is my recollection of the events that day. I guess writing my

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A few words in the light of recent events

This post would have been a long "This is not a gear blog" installment about my venture into hardboot splitboarding. In light of recent events, I will keep it short and sweet: That toe edge power is addictive! Nice and stable settled pow. Thanks Andrea for snapping. However,

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Some recent riding, Västerbotten is not too bad after all

The current drought in the mountains around here is terrible, not a flake of snow for around two weeks now. Hopefully it ended today, spars rumours of snowfall have emerged, but nothing is confirmed yet and the forecasts don't look too promising either. I spend my days in the city,

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Skalmodal och Borkan, ännu lite mer lössnö

Hela förra veckan satt jag och uppdaterade väderleksrapporter, som vanligt. Det passerade ett system från Norge som snöade av sig rätt så mycket i Skalmodal, en liten by precis på norska gränsen som man når genom att fortsätta vägen förbi Kittelfjäll. Eftersom vädret såg grådassigt och mulet ut beslöt jag