Ski Tour in Adventdalen 2009

Exiting Backcountry Ski-trips.

The Adventdalen valley is near by the village Longyearbyen. The upper part of this valley is forbidden for snowscooters. This is the place where we start our ski-tour. Adventdalen is a low and wide valley. The valley is situated 100-150 meters above sealevel with mountainpeaks until 1450 meters. There is enough hight difference. These mountainpeaks are surrounded by many small glaciers. The small glaciers are our 'roads' during this ski tour.


View from a mountainpeak.

Mo. april 13th   :   Arriving with the airplane in Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen. The first 2 overnights are in Longyearbyen in a comfortable guesthouse where you sleep on a bed.
Tu. april 14th   :   Checking the equipment, Packing all our equipment into the sledges and backpacks, Sightseeing in Longyearbyen.
We. april 15th   :   The start of the tour, snowscooters take us ±20 km into Adventdalen. this save us 2 days. The first part of Adventdalen is less interesting and is daily used by many snowscooters. After 20 km the snowscooters are not allowed to drive higher up into Adventdalen. From here we put under our ski's and with our sledges behind us we ski further to our first camp.
Thu. april 16th - We april 22th   :   Depending the situations we make various daytrips from our camp. The sledges stay behind at the camp. It can also happen that we go to other camps. We ski then with all our luggage in the sledges to a new campsite.
With nice weather we will try to reach a mountaintop or a high mountaincol to enjoy a beautiful arctic mountainview.
On our last day in the mountains we ski back to the village Longyearbyen
Thu. april 23th   :   Unpack, cleaning and drying from all our used equipment. Sightseeing in Longyearbyen. Enjoy the luxury of streaming water, a shower, the toilet, a bed etc...
Preparing a big last dinner together and enjoying the first pictures on the labtop.
Fri. april 24th   :   Departure with airplane from Longyearbyen. The last 2 overnights are in Longyearbyen in a comfortable guesthouse where you sleep on a bed.

Visit also these pages: Winter- & Summertrips from Fjelltours on Spitsbergen ; here you will find much more important background information about these trips.

Take also a look at this page: Walking & skiing with a pulk (sledge) over the Spitsbergen glaciers.


View over the glacier to a mountainpeak.


  Startingdate 2009:
  •   april 13th

    The price of this 12-days backcountry ski touring trip is € 1392,- p.p.
    Travelcode: SB09A

      In this trip is included:
  • 4 overnights in Longyearbyen in chambers with more people (2 overnights at the start and 2 at the end), 7 overnights in 2-3 persons wintertents.
  • An travel insurance which also covers all the cost of an emergency rescue if necessary, during our 8-days fieldtrip on Spitsbergen.
    This insurance is an obligation when you go out on a long fieldtrip in Spitsbergen.
  • The use of a 2-3 persons wintertent with an isolated foil for under the inner tent.
  • The use of a sledge with pullingframe and harnass.
  • The use of cooking equipment to make hot water, a petrol stove with all the fuel.
  • The use of a snowshovel and a 2 persons bivouacsack (in case of emergency).
  • The use of crampons, we normally don't use them, but if necessary they are essential.
  • Professional guide, the guide will carry all the necessarry and obligated equipment, who is neede to make a multi day backcountry trip on Spitsbergen.
  • Transport from/towards the airport to/from our overnight stay in Longyearbyen.
  • Transport with snowscooter at the start of the trip.
  • The participants will receive information and instructions about the necesarry clothes (detailed packing list), about wintercamping on Spitsbergen and about the safety aspects on Spitsbergen (Polarbear protection)

      Not included:
  • meals: It is possible to cook and have meals together durings the overnights in Longyearbyen. The participants will receive information which food (and how much) is handy to use during camping on Spitsbergen
  • Cross country ski's for back country skiing (no randonnee ski's), the skins and the shoes. It is possible to hire these equipment by Fjell Tours. The participants will receive information about this.
  • The flight to and from Spitsbergen. Price indication: Return ticket Amsterdam-Spitsbergen, about € 500,- / € 600,-


      The amount of Participants: min. 3, max. 7

    • The participants can hire specific equipment/clothes (like downjacket, extra sleepingbag, extra matrass etc.) by Fjell Tours, see for this:
    Winter- & Summertrips from Fjelltours on Spitsbergen

    More information will follow soon.(the price of this trip etc...)




    Adventdalen is a favourite valley for reindeers.


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    Last update on february 1st 2009











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