Iceland Ski Touring

Itinerary

DAY 1:

Morning pick-up in Akureyri, the capital of northern Iceland, followed by a 50 minute transfer to our guesthouse for a meet and greet. We’ll settle into the lodge and will spend the afternoon outside for a detailed avalanche safety and rescue training followed by a short ski tour to stretch our legs. Welcome dinner is served and we go over the week’s agenda.

DAY 2-6

Every day we will take the opportunity to visit new places, skiing above the small villages of the Troll Peninsula. Our average daily vertical ranges from 1000-2000m, depending on the group and conditions. For those that want more we can go until your legs say stop: lack of daylight is not a threat up here, as the midnight sun barely touches the ocean before it rises again. Some days we will finish our ski day with a soak in one of the many geothermal baths, and head back to our cozy country home after, where our host will prepare a healthy and nourishing dinner for us.

DAY 7:

This is our last morning, and we leave this arctic paradise with renewed passion and gratitude for an adventure shared with new friends before we departure for Akureyri.

Accommodation

We will be hosted by lovely Myriam at Skied Guesthouse on the Troll Peninsula in Northern Iceland. This is a cozy guesthouse and the perfect space to spend the week with the mountains right outside the doorstep.

Guides

This trip will be run by Swedish/ Canadian ACMG Ski Guide Emelie Stenberg. Emelie has been guiding for 12 years and she has developed a love for the mountains in Iceland where she keeps returning year after year from her home in Revelstoke, Canada. She loves taking people into the backcountry and sharing her passion for skiing with everyone, wherever in the world it may be.

The Skiing

The spring is the best time of year for skiing in Iceland, but expect anything from stormy winter weather to sunny spring conditions. This time of year it varies highly and changes from day to day, but the days are long, and the snowpack is generally well settled. There is a wide variety of terrain for every level of skier. Peaks, couloirs and wide open bowls, we’ll be skiing powder, corn snow and everything in between but with a variety of different aspects and terrain to use we can almost always find some great skiing.

Ski Abilities

This trip is designed for people with advanced ski ability. You should be comfortable skiing off-piste in variable conditions, and have a good level of fitness. However, no previous backcountry skiing experience is needed.

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