Ski Tour Adventdalen

Exiting trip during the 'Living On Frozen Water' expedition.
A 12-days trip with a 8 days ski-tour, May 19th - May 30th 2011

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 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 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.
    * Click here to see a map of this trip.


We will see many footprints of the arctic fox and maybe we will see one.

At day 3 snowscooters will bring the participants into Gipsdalen, this valley is just east of Adventdalen. We ski towards Adventdalen. When we reach the upper part of the Adventdalen valley we make a basecamp. Depending the situations we make various daytrips from our basecamp. 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. The total ski distance is not long, it is depending on which daytrips we are making.
During this trip we can maybe spot a arctix Fox. Adventdalen is also a very favourite valley for reindeers.


View from a mountainpeak in Adventdalen.

Here a brief description of the programme for the Adventdalen Ski Tour (programme structure might change):
  • 1. First day: May 19th, Arrival with plane at Longyearbyen.
  • 2. Packing the equipment in Longyearbyen.
  • 3. Going with a snowscootertrip* to the start of this trip in Sassendalen, skiing towards Adventdalen.
  • 4. Skiing to the upper part of Adventdalen, putting up a basecamp here.
  • 5-10. Making daytrips, maybe going to another basecamp, at day 10 skiing back to Longyearbyen.
  • 11. Sightseeing Longyearbyen.
  • 12. Last day: May, 30th, Departure with the plane from Longyearbyen.

    * The snowscootertrip: it might happen that due to bad weather the snowscooters can not go on day 3. The participants will then have the sightseeing day in Longyearbyen which was planned on day 11.

    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.


    a Bad weather day!

      Startingdate 2011:
  •   May 19th

    The price of this 12-days adventdalen Ski Tour is € 1070,- p.p.
    Travelcode: SB10ADV

      In this tour price is included:
    1. 4 overnights in Longyearbyen in chambers with more people (2 overnights at the start and 2 overnights at the end),
    2. 7 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 8-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. The use of a snowshovel.
    8. Professional guide, the guide will take care that the programme (as mentioned here above) will be done safe. The guide carry all the necessarry and obligated equipment, which is needed to make a multi day backcountry glacier trip on Spitsbergen.
    9. Transport with a snowscooter to the start of this trip.
    10. 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: 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.
    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 September 1st 2010). 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 € 5,- one way)


        The amount of Participants: min. 4, max. 8



    • a Nice weather day!

    The participants can hire specific equipment/clothes (like ski's, downjacket, extra sleepingbag, extra matrass, crampons etc.) by Fjell Tours, (only if booking is made before September 1st 2010), see for this:
    Winter- & Summertrips from Fjelltours on Spitsbergen

    To join this trip the participant must have:
    1. Good cross country ski touring experience (not randonnee).
    2. Some Winter camping experience
    3. a Good condition, although the daily skiing distance is not long, this is a trip with many fielddays (8 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


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