Ut & Aboot

A five days skiing round Sylan with a friend.  We took inspiration from the 5 Stjärnor i Sylan ski route, but were wanting to camp most nights, so adjusted it to our needs.  We mixed following the permanently-marked winter trails and inventing our own routes.  We started at Storulvån Fjällstation, and skied west to our campsite on the Norwegian-Swedish border on the first night (where the temperature dropped at least to -25'C, possibly -30'C).  The next day we turned south and headed to the top of Fiskåhødga (the Norwegian side of a pair of peaks, the Swedish one helpfully called Fiskåhöjden), before descending to what probably classes as my most stunning ever campsite, where we were treated to a spectacular sunset.  We had decided to spend a night in Nedlashytta, so our third day was a relatively short ski, and had the afternoon relaxing around the cabin.  From there we followed the main trail through Ekorrdörren and north past Sylarnas Fjällstastion, camping a couple of kilometers north of it.  On our final day we returned to the car at Storulvån in time for lunch at the large hytta there.

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We chose to do the trip with a single pulk between the two of us, switching who pulled it.  While this worked quite well (especially when switching frequently), we decided to always take two pulks on future trips.

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The weather throughout the trip was stunning, with clear blue skies almost all day every day, but it was a cold Easter, however we were well equipped for the cold and had a fantastic time.  Already in the car home we started planning our next big trip, which became our 10-day expedition on Hardangervidda in 2019.