Heading north!

I went home to celebrate Christmas with my family and thereafter headed north, to Sundsvall, near the beautiful "High Coast" of the northern east coast of Sweden. I went to visit my friend Mia, whose parents live there.

The weather was awful. Just gray and rain, and Mia was sick, had caught her sister's germs. We headed out for the slopes around Sundsvall anyway, but it resulted in only one ride, for me alone, in fog and rain. Bad luck!

Lucky then that we had booked a cabin in Vemdalen where we spent New Year fighting germs, watching movies and actually riding some. But not very much since we lived at Vemdalsskalet, which was crowded and whose pists are boring and icey. The funpark was badly planned - you could only make one small and one big air on one ride.

Our cabin was a hit! Tiny, only about 25 square metres on two floors, with a tiny toilet with a shower handle only. But it was cosy, with its two beds and a TV on the top floor. And we went to the camping place for sauna a couple of times. The sauna was good, and shared between both men and women.

The New Year party at the hotel was fun, though! :) 1600 people with access to three stages/dancefloors. At that point Mia was recovering and we had a great time dancing bugg and mingling with drunk teenagers. ;)

The first day of the year started off with fresh powder, but we were quite relaxed... But the next two days we went to Björnrike, where the riding is much more fun! It's not as steep as in Skalet, but the runs are longer, less icey, far more various and entertaining and there are less people. Unfortunately the funpark wasn't even started yet.

Powder in Lech!

Second trip with Frankfurt International Ski Club took me to Lech, near Sö:lden in Arlberg, Austria. Our trip captain this time was Heather, doing an excellent job. We lived in the hotel Laerchenhof within walking distance from city centre and the lifts.

The skiing was great! Sunshine and powder. :) I followed the english gentleman Kevin with Venche, Ola, Mila and Dave, who took us to some awsome powder near the pists.