Holmenkollen 50 K: A good year!

32 degrees wrote:
IF the NYCIty marathon was held in -10 deg C temps I'll be not one NYCity
person would camp out the night before !!
Thats the difference !
JK

Kirkenes sounds kinda exotic and so far north. No snow that far north in
October??

The Gulf Stream is an amazing thing.

Here is a broad genralization: in Norway, most of the country is a
costal area with a winter climate potentially spoiled (from an XC point
of view) by the Gulf Stream, or it is an inland rock that is
uninhabited and/or inaccessible. In Scandinavia, if you need to work
too, Oslo is probably far the best place for XC skiers. If the only
concern is length of the season, northern Sweden or Finland is probably
better.

Joseph (wearing a tinfoil hat)


"Terje Mathisen" wrote in message
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32 degrees wrote:
Camping out for a race? Thousands cheering on marathoners?

How's that different from the NY Marathon? Except for the camping out
in -5 to -20 C part?

Excitement surrounding an outdoor winter event?

This is what separates us from the Euro's.
I'm moving to Scandinavia.

You're welcome!

What's your daytime occupation?

Oct/Nov in northern Norway - Kirkenes.

I'd prefer some place like Beitost=F8len, Kirkenes can be both dark and
snowless at that time of the year. Isn't that right Terje H?

Dec/Jan in Finland - Kuuopio.
Feb/March in Sweden - Mora.

OK, but you _have_ to come to Oslo after Vasaloppet in time for
Holmenkollen!

April? Any suggestions

Any mountain you like in Norway!


thanks for giving some insight into the excitment Terje.

My pleasure, glad you enjoyed it.

Terje

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"almost all programming can be viewed as an exercise in caching"

On Sun, 12 Mar 2006, 32 degrees wrote:
I'm moving to Scandinavia.

Oct/Nov in northern Norway - Kirkenes.
Dec/Jan in Finland - Kuuopio.
Feb/March in Sweden - Mora.
April? Any suggestions

Hmm.
Based on my limited experience (3 ski vacations in Norway +
3 summer bicycle tours) and by looking at the map, my
choice of optimum place to live for XC-skiing would
be Gjøvik. It's the 3rd Mjøsa town (after Hamar and Lillehammer)
Mjøsa is the largest lake in Norway.

Advantages:
1 Several 100 km of well groomed trails, including about 70 km
of lit trails. Climate is slightly cooler and drier than Oslo.
Most trailheads can be reached by city bus. There is even a trail connecting
to Oslomarka's system. There are at least 2 competition areas (ski stadium.
skating trails) plus a big competition area with ski jumps
at Raufoss (20 km south).

2 An easy train trip to Oslo (express in just over an hour). There are
stops on the train line which give access to northern sections of
Nordmarka (Grua, Harestua, Stryken, etc).

3 Easy access to Lillehammer and Hamar (there are some really
nice trails just outside of Hamar)

4 About 140 km from Beitostølen which has good early season
skiing (first races of the season?). Just beyond
Beitostølen is Jotenheimen which sometimes has good skiing into July!

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David Dermott , Wolfville Ridge, Nova Scotia, Canada
email:
WWW pages: http://www.dermott.ca/index.html

John Forrest Tomlinson wrote:
On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 16:40:15 -0500, "32 degrees"
wrote:

Camping out for a race? Thousands cheering on marathoners?
Excitement surrounding an outdoor winter event?

This is what separates us from the Euro's.
I'm moving to Scandinavia.

Not Holmenkollen, but a nice picture of crowds watching racing in
Norway:
http://www.teamtoday.org/Portals/21/...%20drammen.jpg

That's Svartedal winning the all-norwegian final in Drammen, with grip
wax, after first feinting out Lind on a pure glide wax semifinal.

Terje
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"almost all programming can be viewed as an exercise in caching"

That far north Terje and no skiing until mid November ???
We're at EXACTLY latitude 45 here in Michigan and started skiing November
20th this season !!
JK


"Terje Henriksen" wrote in message
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Terje Mathisen wrote:
32 degrees wrote:
Camping out for a race? Thousands cheering on marathoners?

How's that different from the NY Marathon? Except for the camping out
in -5 to -20 C part?

Excitement surrounding an outdoor winter event?

This is what separates us from the Euro's.
I'm moving to Scandinavia.

You're welcome!

What's your daytime occupation?

Oct/Nov in northern Norway - Kirkenes.

I'd prefer some place like Beitostølen, Kirkenes can be both dark and
snowless at that time of the year. Isn't that right Terje H?

Dark but good tracks, lighted. Snow may arrive in the beginning of
October, or late in November. This season I skied from the middle of
November.


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Terje Henriksen
Kirkenes

32 degrees wrote:
That far north Terje and no skiing until mid November ???
We're at EXACTLY latitude 45 here in Michigan and started skiing
November 20th this season !!
JK

Not at se level, I presume? Today the temperature is about 0 to -1C after
weeks with temperatures between -15 to -28. About 1 meter of snow.

--
Terje Henriksen
Kirkenes