Wildlife Ski Tour - Trollsteinen
Details
Difficulty level (out of 5):
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Minimum 2 (out of 6) participants:
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- February - May
- 09:00-15:00
- Approx. 6 hours
- Approx. 750 m elevation
- 16 years
The trip is demanding. You must have experience in skiing off-piste, and preferably have experience with ski touring. Avalanche safety pack is mandatory to bring on all ski tours with Svalbard Wildlife Expeditions*
Price includes:
- Transport round trip
- Warm expedition lunch
- Warm drink
- Headlamp
- Guide with necessary safety equipment
Recommend to bring:
- Good, warm and sealed ski boots*
- Ski equipment (skis, shoes, poles and helmet)*
- Avalanche package (search probe, shovel and avalanche beacon)*
- Warm clothes
- Cold drink (preferably in a thermos as liquid can freeze to ice)
- Camera
- Backpack
*NOK 450 rental of avalanche package
*NOK 1100 rental of ski package including ski boots
Extra clothing and equipment: Arctica
Itinerary
The mountain ridge forms a horseshoe around Larsbreen. At the highest point of the ridge there is a huge rock, characteristic and towering 850 meters above sea level, this rock really lives up to its name Trollsteinen. Fantastic views at the top, even in the dark.
Every day as stated in our activity calendar, as soon as the conditions dictate, the guide picks up all the guests at their accommodations and does a briefing regarding the trip and the final preparation of equipment.
After climbing the mountain Trollsteinen, we take a break and enjoy the silence of nature with a hot expedition lunch before making our way back down the mountain towards Longyearbyen.
If we're lucky, there will be powder snow - but we can expect hard-packed and partly icy snow in periods. In the dark we use a headlamp.
