Both the weather and the landscape were a bit dull. Even the reindeer we met looked a bit bored and totally uninterested in us. At least we start feeling more in control of these skis on the descents, even enjoying the effortless downhill progress.
After a break on the porch of a private cabin, we continued the somewhat tricky navigation to find the way down to the Russåga valley where our destination, Jordbruhytta is situated.
By then the sun came out in full force, and as we were getting lower, many snow free patches started to appear. The game was then to see how far we could go before we would be forced to walk. Shortly after another encounter with reindeer, we really reached the end of the snow, 2 km south of the cabin.
We were lucky that we only had to walk a few hundred meters and then reached terrain that was less exposed to the sun and we could ski again.After several days above the tree line, it was pleasant to ski in the forest. Especially as it was not very dense and let the sun shine through.
However, it was dense enough to hide Jordbruhytta. The GPS was telling us that it was less than 300m away and we still could see it. We had to go around until we found where to cross the river and found a forest path. The distance decreased to less than 100m and still no sign of the cabin. Finally we almost bumped into it!
Jordbruhytta (or Jarbruhytta in some maps) is small and charming. It is also rarely used; the previous visitors had been there in March. It was really cold inside, and took a strong fire in the stove and a lot of time to warm-up!Posted via DraftCraft app
