Stryn Summer Ski Resort on Norway's west coast is a legendary summer skiing destination going back to the days when the road had to be dug out by hand and each turn on the wooden skis had to be earned the hard way. Now there is big machine opening the road every spring, and a lift to take you up to the riding. While lift based summer skiing usually is limited to riding on glaciers, thus mostly park and piste, Stryn is all about the good old "drop off the BackSide and ski down to the road"-freeride concept well known from winter.
With enormous ammounts of snow acumulating in theese costal ranges every winter, there are usually long runs with minimal effort way into July. Althoug this season was not a very good in this region, there is still fields and strips of snow left. The other day we were even blessed with 10 centimetres of freshies that made for my last day of first tracks this season, and a quick taste of powder before it transformed into slush within a couple of days.
Having had a break from skiing for a while, after a good seson with lots of good snow, it felt good to get a taste of it again, although all of a sudden I have started longing for winter again, and that is a little bit early. Hoping for a short summer this year!
/ torky
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