TROLLØYPA – DAY 2

from Veslefjellbua to Jammerdalsbu

^22-02-17

Woke up to a beautiful sunrise and got to see the snowy mountain plateau in all its sparkling glory.

Then the løypemaskin passed by one more time; and this time it’s continuing on my route according to the allknowing internet! So, seems like I do get a freshly prepped track almost all the way to tonight’s goal, Jammerdalsbu.

Cleaning up the cabin while having breakfast, then I’m good to go.

Saying good-bye to great new Veslefjellbua, and forward against the sun:

On the fresh tracks I make good progess, not before long I’m at the first waypoint, Dørfallet, where I cross a little river (without seeing it).

I cross an area with some small crocked trees, all gorgeosly dressed up with frost.

Some others have crossed here as well… wonder who that was – pretty big paws.

There is another river to cross; I can see the summer bridge some 50m off to the side… but now the tracks just go straight across the river.

I also meet a fellow human skier, who turns back at where the prepped tracks suddenly end. He tells me it always does, and the løypemaskin from the next valley up should do the rest of the stretch – but they havn’t (yet).

So I get to make my own tracks for the rest of the day. Luckily from here on the route is very well ‘kvistet’ (marked with sticks), so no uncertainty where to go.

Aftee a while I turn at a signpost, and the sticks lead me up into a wide valley – not long to go now.

And then there is Jammerdalsbu; I just need to dig my way in.

There is actually 2 larger and a tiny little hut. So of course I dig out all of them to check it out. There is the main cabin, the tiny one is the water pump (not working now though), and the back-up hut with a big fire wood store and a small living space. I decide to stay at the last one, because the small space should heat up more quickly and still has everything that I need.

And after my usual arrival routine, it’s time to relax and read.

Beautiful day, much more sun than anticipated; and great way to start out with both a bit of prepped tracks and untouched wilderness.

Approximately 19km skied today.

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