Hiking Åreskutan is a fantastic experience, especially in good weather. Make sure to bring water and warm clothes as the weather can shift fast and the temperature drops about 10 degrees from the lake to the top. Brought my son Nils to watch the scenery. Going up...
Today the summer started (for me) here in Åre with two nice flights from Hummeln down to Draklanda. Heading up the mountain at 6.15 PM when the sun had already been up for 3 hours and watching it rise over the mountains is a fantastic sight. However the clouds was...
Last couple of days I have been hiking around Longyearbyen. Always carrying a flare gun for protection, but (un)fortunately no polar bears in sight. The first hike was up to the mountain just on top of the village, a beautiful hike even though it was really steep and...
Just a couple of hundred meters above Longyearbyen on the hillside there are several old coal mines. I decided to hike up to the closest one, that also looked the most interesting, on my roommates recommendation. The mines are dug straight in from the mountain face,...
