3 Countries Arctic Ski Expedition

Arctic Exploration
Remote, off-grid wilderness
Awe-inspiring Arctic tundra
Hanging glaciers and granite rock walls
Frozen lakes and deep snowdrifts
Surreal sunrises and sunsets
Northern Lights potential
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Nordic backcountry ski tour

Ski hut-to-hut through Arctic Tundra: 3 Countries Arctic Ski Expedition.

Join us on this surreal experience of a lifetime! You will be picked up from the airport by private coach and travel through scenic countryside to our cosy base. Here you will be greeted by your guides who will be looking after you throughout this epic adventure. All food and specialist equipment is included in your trip price, there are no hidden extras.

After a full day of training and planning activities, together, we will take on a 5-day backcountry ski circuit, travelling through Finland, Norway and Sweden. Including travel days, this is an 8-day trip. See outline itinerary below.

Travelling as a self-sufficient team, we will be skiing from hut to cosy hut across the bewitching and awe-inspiring Arctic tundra. This stark, sometimes unforgiving, yet beautiful landscape gives us the opportunity to enhance our backcountry winter skills, where each participant plays a vital role in the team’s success.

Along the way we will ski past hanging glaciers and granite rock walls, across massive frozen lakes and deep snowdrifts.

Your sense of space, distance and time will get distorted on this incredible journey through the Arctic landscapes. Embrace the meditative rhythm of breaking new trails on fresh snow, allow the silence to seep into your consciousness.

A very good level of fitness is required for this expedition, please contact us if you have any questions or concerns about your fitness or experience. Previous ski experience is an advantage.

Itinerary

Sample Itinerary

Day 1: Transfer from Tromso airport to base accommodation. Welcome briefing and meal. (Depending on Flight times, transfer can sometimes be early Day 2). Chalet accommodation.

Day 2: Training, equipment and planning day. Find your ski legs and learn how to use the specialist equipment provided. Lunch, followed by packing our pulks (sleds) for the journey ahead. Chalet accommodation.

Day 3: Our hut to hut, ski expedition begins in Finland with a long day skiing across frozen lake and tundra towards the hills. We pass the border marker where the 3 countries of Finland, Norway and Sweden meet, finishing not much further on to spend our first evening in Norway. Watch an incredible sunset over the mountains and maybe even see the Northern Lights.

Day 4: After a hearty breakfast, packing up and moving on begins. We leave the hut as we found it, with a fire prepared and ready to be lit for the next guests. We weave through the woodland until we are above the tree line. We may need to use for a while snowshoes today if there are icy patches on our ascent. The views today are incredible. You’ll be pinching yourself to make sure you’re not dreaming. Another physically demanding but satisfying day ending with unrivalled scenery. Add a sunset and perhaps the aurora. This is the stuff of dreams. We camp this night.

Day 5: A comparatively easy day. We have the luxury of taking it easy today without too much distance to travel or much ascent to tackle. Weather permitting, we often take the opportunity to teach or revise new skills and take our time to enjoy the scenery. We cross the border into Norway to spend the night, fuelling our bodies to ensure we are ready for what lies ahead. Hut accommodation.

Day 6: Getting our food right today is important. A long day ahead following our early start this morning, almost immediately uphill. It’s a day of hills, using snowshoes on icy or steeper slopes and a lot of eating! It’s surprising how the hills can look intimidating but yet we gobble them up. And of course, what goes up, must come down and the gently sloping downhill back towards the 3 countries border is welcome respite from the uphill. We cross the border back into Finland for our 4th and final hut night.

Day 7: It’s with heavy hearts that we leave the hut this morning, wishing our journey were longer. We journey back across the tundra and frozen lake towards our base with much more confidence than you had just a few days prior. When we reach the base, before we look after ourselves, we look after our kit. Once this is done, it’s time for a hot sauna and refreshing shower and a home-made (not from a bag!) celebratory dinner! Chalet accommodation.

Day 8: Transfer to airport for flight home.

In the event of poor weather conditions, the itinerary may be altered for your safety and enjoyment.