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14 Days Ski-Tour Spitsbergen

Ski Tour in Adventdalen

A 14-days trip with a 10 days ski-tour, April 28th - May 11th 2014

The Adventdalen valley is nearby the village Longyearbyen. The upper part of this valley is forbidden for snowscooters. This is the place where we will be the most of our time during this ski-tour. Adventdalen is a low and wide valley. The valley is situated 100-150 meters above sealevel with mountainpeaks until 1140 meters. There is enough hight difference. The mountainpeaks are surrounded by many small glaciers. These small glaciers are our 'roads' during this ski tour.
    * Click here to see a map of this trip.


On the top of the Dron- and the Moysalen glacier at 700m.

At day 3-4 snowscooters will bring the participants into Adventdalen. From here we ski higher up into Adventdalen to our first camp. Depending the situations we make a daytrip from our first camp or we ski higher up to the Dronglacier. During a daytrip the sledges stay behind at the camp.
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. The total ski distance is not long, it is depending on which daytrips we are making. During this 10 days skitour we will make 3 or 4 daytrips, this depends on the weather. So during 6 days we ski with a pulk behind us to a new camp.
Maybe we can maybe spot an arctix Fox, for sure we will find footprints of the fox . Adventdalen is also a very favourite valley for reindeers.


View from a mountaintop in Adventdalen.

Here a brief description of the programme for the Adventdalen Ski Tour (programme structure might change):
  • 1. First day: April 28th, Arrival with plane at Longyearbyen.
  • 2. Sightseeing Longyearbyen (this sightseeing day can also be moved to day 13, due to weatherconditions).
  • 3. Packing the equipment in Longyearbyen.
  • 4. Going with a snowscootertrip to the start of this trip in Adventdalen, skiing further into Adventdalen.
  • 5-13. Skitouring with the pulks and making daytrips, at day 13 skiing back to Longyearbyen.
  • 14. Last day: May, 11th, Departure with the plane from Longyearbyen.

    Spare days: This trip doesn't have any spare day to use during bad weather. This place is relative close at Longyearbyen. We can always find a way to get back in time.
    The whole programme is very flexible and the ski distance every day is not long.

    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.


    Adventdalen is a favourite valley for reindeers.

      Startingdate 2014:
  •   April 28th

    The price of this 14-days Adventdalen Ski Tour is € 1852,- p.p.
    Travelcode: LT14M

      In this tour price is included:
    1. 4 overnights in Longyearbyen in chambers with more people (3 overnights at the start and 1 overnight at the end),
    2. 9 overnights in 2-3 persons wintertents/igloo's.
    3. A travel insurance which also covers all the cost of an emergency rescue if necessary,
      during our 10-days fieldtrip on Spitsbergen.
      This insurance is an obligation when you go out on a long fieldtrip in Spitsbergen.
    4. The use of a 2-3 persons wintertent with an isolated foil for under the inner tent.
    5. The use of a sledge with pullingframe and harnass.
    6. The use of cooking equipment to make hot water, a petrol stove with all the fuel.
    7. All the meals (food) during the 10-days fieldtrip.
    8. The use of a snowshovel.
    9. Professional guide, the guide will take care that the programme (as mentioned here above) will be done safe. The guide take care that all the necessarry and obligated equipment, which is needed to make a multi day backcountry glacier trip on Spitsbergen, will be used/carried during this trip .
    10. Transport with a snowscooter to the start of this trip.
    11. The participants will receive information and instructions about the necessary clothes (detailed packing list),
      about camping on Spitsbergen and about the safety aspects on Spitsbergen (Polarbear protection).
      Not included:
    1. Meals during the 4 nights in Longyearbyen: It is possible to cook and have meals together durings the overnights in the Longyearbyen guesthouse or use the breakfast- and dinnerservice in the guesthouse.
    2. Cross country ski's for back country skiing (no randonnee ski's), the skins.
      It is possible to hire these equipment by Fjell Tours (only if booking is made before March 1st 2014). The participants will receive information about this.
    3. The flight to and from Spitsbergen.
    4. Transport from/towards the airport to/from our overnight stay in Longyearbyen.(about € 6,- one way)


        The amount of Participants: min. 3, max. 8



    • Lunchbreak on the Dronglacier (digging a small hole to sitt out of the wind).

    The participants can hire specific equipment/clothes (like ski's, downjacket, extra sleepingbag, extra matrass etc.) by Fjell Tours, (only if booking is made before February 1st 2014), see for this:
    Winter- & Summertrips from Fjelltours on Spitsbergen

    To join this trip the participant must have:
    1. Good cross country ski touring experience.
    2. Some Winter camping experience is handy to have but not necessary
    3. a Good condition, although the daily skiing distance is not long, this is a trip with many fielddays (10 days)!!
    4. Patience, participants must be aware that it might happen that we have to wait 1 or more days inside the tents
      due to bad weather or other circumstances.
    5. Flexibility, The plan for the day can change rapidly, or the daily schedule is changing.
      It might happen that we ski during the night.
      This makes no difference on Spitsbergen, There is no darkness in this time of the year.

    The guide knows how and where to ski save on these glaciers. Sometimes we can ski easy over the glacier, sometimes it takes extra time if we have to avoid difficult places on the glacier.

    To join this trip and to sign in, please send an email to: info@FjellTours.nl
    Also for further questions about this trip, please send an email


        * Back to Wintertrips in Norway (Dutch Language).

        * Back to Living on Frozen Water Expedition Spitsbergen (English Language).

    For more pictures/information about Spitsbergen and to see previous expeditions, done by Fjell Tours, visit the "Living on Frozen Water" website. Direct link to this website: www.fjelltours.nl/2010.html 


    Last update: October 2013































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