Spring in Sweden

Its been a while since I wrote on the blog. Last weeks I have been busy travelling all around northern Sweden skiing in Åre, Dundret and I just came back home from Riksgränsen where the annual Scandinavian Big Mountain Championships went off. Amazing slush at all places and skiing together with a crew of a lot of good friends. That's what's best with the spring, all the gang shredding.

Found a smooth natural hit up at Dundret

Some touring days

New boots. Best freeride boots I have ever had, stoked!! Waymaker Carbon

And fishing. Cant claim this catch though...

Pro fishermen

Blue bird days in Riksgränsen

Gang shred

Andermatt

Pictures from some really good end of season skiing in Andermatt. After weeks of sunshine and heavy spring snow, they finally got a big dump and we made it there just in time. Deep cold snow and Andermatt had so much fun terrain to explore. So many steep and long lines. Will go back there for sure.

Last run of the day, still all in pow

Amazing skiing just next to the lift

 

Must say this picture feels alot like Rikgränsen in May

Shitty visibility, awesome snow

Took the car train over the mountains and skied in Disentis

On the road to Zürich

Val d'Anniviers

Had an epic week in Switzerland..

Bare ground when we arrived

Looking better a few hundred meters up the road

Powder playground

Heaps of pillows

Deep deep in Chandolin

Scoping an air into the forest

Nose tap Christmas tree

Last day the sky cleared up

Verbier and then home

Went to Verbier for some good blue bird skiing but it turned out to be way to busy over there. School holidays... After only one day of skiing there we decided to leave and started looking for another place to go too.. In the last minute I decided to get on a last minute flight back home to Sweden and Östersund. I will be here resting a few days more until I go back down to Lenzerheide in Switzerland for a photo shoot.

Big mountains and a blue bird day above the clouds. Bec to the right

 Looking down on the tiny ants in the slope below

Romantic moment

Chillin, drinking coffee on the flight back home

Steep skiing in Chamonix

Spent a week in Chamonix skiing steeps and visiting our friend Albin. So much fun!

Skiing a line from Aiguille du Midi. Photo: Mattias Lindqvist

The view from our breakfast table

On our way up to Aiguille du Midi

Repelling down into a couloir

Sketchy entrance into another couloir

Albin enjoying some fresh in Pas de Chevre. Thanks for this week!

FWQ competitions

Been doing a couple of Freeride World Qualifiers the last two weeks. First in Andorra and then another one in Chandolin, Switzerland. Not a great success at the comps, cause I had some problems in my run in Andorra and I crashed in Chandolin. Still good times skiing with friends, especially Andorra was a really fun trip. To get there we took the train to Barcelona where we spent a few days and from there we rented a car and drove up to Andorra. Traveling, skiing in new places, so nice.

Full packed car ready to go to Andorra

The venue for the FWQ in Grandvalira, Andorra

Early morning waiting for the riders meeting

Mountain village where we were staying

Travelling in class with our own bar in the train

Stayed a few nights between the comps with some friends in Nendaz

My Atomic Automatics in some pretty sketchy spring conditions, Nendaz

Next run was is powder



Fredrik and Mattias at the FWQ in Chandolin

Below the venue

The trip continuous..



La Clusaz!!

Todays FWQ comp here in Andorra got moved to Monday. The wind was really heavy so the rescue helicopter wouldn't be able to land in case of an emergency. Will be back with an update from Mondays competition next week.
Anyway, last weekend we went to La Clusaz for some sweet skiing up at the big playground La Balme. Such a fun place with natural kickers all over the place.

Fredrik buying some energy drinks in Annecy where we stayed

Drinking coffee at our roof top terrace in Barcelona on the way to Andorra