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Terje Mathisen wrote:
redford wrote: This is all great information. Thanks!!! Definitely looks like a brutal climb on the profile, but the course looks way fun. This is really helping my motivation to make this trip happen. One more question ... I've got a week after the race before I hook up with my family. I was thinking I want to try to find some good skiing north of the Artic Circle for a few days. Any favorite trails / towns? I might throw the skate skis in with the classic skis, are there many skating trails to chose from? Except for being able to say "I've been there" (north of the ac), there's nothing particularly exciting about northern Norway in March, the number of daylight hours is more or less the same all over. Having said that, there's still lots of good skiing up north, but I'd leave the skate gear at home: Except for short tracks near the cities, there's probably little skating available. The other Terje (from Kirkenes) probably knows more! With a multiday rail pass you can make it up to Bodų, from there you could (if you have nice weather) take the boat across the fjord to Lofoten, an area which is worth a visit at any time of the year! Where I live, they bought a big track machine sa few years ago. Normally they make one trace and leave the rest to the skaters. Plenty of space. At the beginning of the season, when it's dark, cold and sometimes windy, tracks are set only close to the populated areas, but when february arrives, they set tracks in a much wider area. Snow-scooter travks can also be used for skating. It's not far from here to Saariselkaa, Finland, often used by local skiers at the beginning of the season. Every little town around here has its own tracks with lights, and I have heard that the tracksetters in Vadsų and Alta do a very good job, also in the weekend. That's not the case here. -- Terje Henriksen Kirkenes |
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Wow, I just looked at the map, and Kirkenes is way up there. That would be
wild to say that I skied that far north!!! So how many hours / days does it take to get there from Lillehammer by rail? Might eat up a little too much of my week after the race. I think I'll be taking the other Terje's advice and leave the skate skis at home. I'll have a brand new pair of classic skis that I'll be wanting to use ... looking forward to getting back into the way skiing was supposed to be (I've been skating for the last 6 years). Anyway, thanks for the info. Regards, Jim "Terje Henriksen" wrote in message ... Terje Mathisen wrote: redford wrote: This is all great information. Thanks!!! Definitely looks like a brutal climb on the profile, but the course looks way fun. This is really helping my motivation to make this trip happen. One more question ... I've got a week after the race before I hook up with my family. I was thinking I want to try to find some good skiing north of the Artic Circle for a few days. Any favorite trails / towns? I might throw the skate skis in with the classic skis, are there many skating trails to chose from? Except for being able to say "I've been there" (north of the ac), there's nothing particularly exciting about northern Norway in March, the number of daylight hours is more or less the same all over. Having said that, there's still lots of good skiing up north, but I'd leave the skate gear at home: Except for short tracks near the cities, there's probably little skating available. The other Terje (from Kirkenes) probably knows more! With a multiday rail pass you can make it up to Bodų, from there you could (if you have nice weather) take the boat across the fjord to Lofoten, an area which is worth a visit at any time of the year! Where I live, they bought a big track machine sa few years ago. Normally they make one trace and leave the rest to the skaters. Plenty of space. At the beginning of the season, when it's dark, cold and sometimes windy, tracks are set only close to the populated areas, but when february arrives, they set tracks in a much wider area. Snow-scooter travks can also be used for skating. It's not far from here to Saariselkaa, Finland, often used by local skiers at the beginning of the season. Every little town around here has its own tracks with lights, and I have heard that the tracksetters in Vadsų and Alta do a very good job, also in the weekend. That's not the case here. -- Terje Henriksen Kirkenes |
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redford wrote:
Wow, I just looked at the map, and Kirkenes is way up there. That would be wild to say that I skied that far north!!! So how many hours / days does it take to get there from Lillehammer by rail? Might eat up a little too much of my week after the race. Kirkenes is effectively airline only: The rail line ends at Bodų/Fauske which is just a little over halvway from Oslo to Kirkenes! :-( There are buses of course, but for a week-long trip I really wouldn't do it. I think I'll be taking the other Terje's advice and leave the skate skis at home. I'll have a brand new pair of classic skis that I'll be wanting to use ... looking forward to getting back into the way skiing was supposed to be (I've been skating for the last 6 years). Please do quite a bit of classic training before Birken! Good luck! Terje Anyway, thanks for the info. Regards, Jim "Terje Henriksen" wrote in message ... Terje Mathisen wrote: redford wrote: This is all great information. Thanks!!! Definitely looks like a brutal climb on the profile, but the course looks way fun. This is really helping my motivation to make this trip happen. One more question ... I've got a week after the race before I hook up with my family. I was thinking I want to try to find some good skiing north of the Artic Circle for a few days. Any favorite trails / towns? I might throw the skate skis in with the classic skis, are there many skating trails to chose from? Except for being able to say "I've been there" (north of the ac), there's nothing particularly exciting about northern Norway in March, the number of daylight hours is more or less the same all over. Having said that, there's still lots of good skiing up north, but I'd leave the skate gear at home: Except for short tracks near the cities, there's probably little skating available. The other Terje (from Kirkenes) probably knows more! With a multiday rail pass you can make it up to Bodų, from there you could (if you have nice weather) take the boat across the fjord to Lofoten, an area which is worth a visit at any time of the year! Where I live, they bought a big track machine sa few years ago. Normally they make one trace and leave the rest to the skaters. Plenty of space. At the beginning of the season, when it's dark, cold and sometimes windy, tracks are set only close to the populated areas, but when february arrives, they set tracks in a much wider area. Snow-scooter travks can also be used for skating. It's not far from here to Saariselkaa, Finland, often used by local skiers at the beginning of the season. Every little town around here has its own tracks with lights, and I have heard that the tracksetters in Vadsų and Alta do a very good job, also in the weekend. That's not the case here. -- Terje Henriksen Kirkenes -- - "almost all programming can be viewed as an exercise in caching" |
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Terje Mathisen wrote:
redford wrote: Wow, I just looked at the map, and Kirkenes is way up there. That would be wild to say that I skied that far north!!! So how many hours / days does it take to get there from Lillehammer by rail? Might eat up a little too much of my week after the race. Kirkenes is effectively airline only: The rail line ends at Bodų/Fauske which is just a little over halvway from Oslo to Kirkenes! :-( There are buses of course, but for a week-long trip I really wouldn't do it. Not everybody know that Norway is about as long as USA, south to north. The airplane may take 2-3 hours, direct or almost direct line, and the coastal express (hurtigruta, the fast window) takes about 5 days from Bergen to Kirkenes. -- Terje Henriksen Kirkenes |
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