Skiing again!

White mountains in Hemsedal

In extreme contrast to last year's cold, snowy and accordingly bright autumn, this autumn has been extremely warm, wet and dark in Oslo--and most other parts of Norway. Thus, as the local newspapers reported plenty of snow in the mountains and a corporate cottage had several rooms available, I turned my back on the dark city and Christmas preparations in favor of a weekend in Hemsedal ski resort.

And what a weekend! The valley of Hemsedal was totally dominated by its surrounding white mountains, and conditions in the slopes were magnificent! In an attempt to teach Hege how to twist and turn, I spent Saturday on rented slalom skis while I had my snowboard serviced. On Sunday, however, I was all over the mountains on my snowboard!