Day ski trip in -30C

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MickeS

Tenderfoot
Jan 4, 2010
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Some pics from the 3,5 hour ski trip I made yesterday.

The temp was -30C and a bitterly cold northern wind blew over the lake at our house, so I hurried over it.
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In the woods the wind wasn’t as bad, so I could ski bare handed long periods, bamboo staves are very good in that they doesn’t chill your hands like metal or glass fibre ones do.
My trusty wooden skis, 9’ Tegsnäs, glides almost silently through the freshly fallen snow in my old tracks.
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The roe deers are having it very difficult with all the snow and cold. At this place where the spruces grow the snow is thinner so they can dig for food.
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At open areas the snow is now almost 3 feet deep.

Hare tracks cross a small marsh.
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The fox has been out and crossed another open area.
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Other than that I saw rain deer, moose and ptarmigan tracks. The only living thing I saw was a wood pecker and I heard some tits singing.

The sun is setting and everything starts to turn blue.
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An old abandonded moose lookout stands alone, freezing in the evening.
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The clock is 1500hrs and the sun is setting.
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One last shot, taken earlier when the light was good. Lots of frost but I was warm and toasty the whole trip.
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MickeS

Tenderfoot
Jan 4, 2010
91
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Sweden
Thanks. Our house is located at the lake Kvarnträsket (Mill Lake i english) near the city of Luleå, in the northern parts of Sweden, latitude 65.5834, longitude 22.1447.
 
Feb 15, 2011
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Some incredibly beautiful photos there & the scenery is stunning..............................what's that brown coat/parka you're wearing ? looks very interesting ........................& warm.:cool:
 

MickeS

Tenderfoot
Jan 4, 2010
91
0
Sweden
It's a dyed swedish army smock, in tight weaved cotton. Under it I wore a Ullmax wool terry shirt and a Swanndri wool shirt.
 

MickeS

Tenderfoot
Jan 4, 2010
91
0
Sweden
Some more pics, hope you enjoy them as much as I did/do:)
I'm slowly getting used to my new DSLR Nikon D7000 and Lightroom/Photoshop...
The camera held up quite well in the cold, only after 3 hours all the displays and autofocus 'dots' started to slow down quite a bit.

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