Sunday skiing

Yesterday, William and I skied to the top of the local mountain Gruvefjellet - up through the valley Vannledningsdalen and down on the glacier Larsbreen. Without our darling kids, again. Great to just move without dragging reluctant offspring along, I must admit.

Going up through Vannledningsdalen.


Checking the map to avoid the avalanche-areas.


Weather station on top of Gruvefjellet.


Looking down from Larsbreen, Longyearbyen on the left, Gruvefjellet straight ahead.


The weather turned quite hazy during the hike, and after we came home and for the rest of the day, it was snowing thickly, and visibility was low. We were happy that we came down before the weather changed. It seems that the snowy weather also caused the tragic helicopter-accident in Barentzburg yesterday afternoon. There were 9 Russians/Ukrainians onboard, and three of them died. Very sad.