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A Tale of 2 Summer Ski Areas: Norway’s Stryn Sommer Ski Announces Early Closure While Fonna Sees 3 Feet of Fresh Snow

Not all Norwegian summer ski areas are created equal, and while Fonna near the Hardangerfjord is having a fantastic season with record snowfalls, Stryn Sommer Ski has announced the resort will be closing early. Stryn’s last day for the 2024 season will be this Sunday, June 16, as the warm temperatures have melted too much of the resort’s snow. ”The […]

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Julia Schneemann | June 13, 2024
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Summer-Only Ski Resort Stryn Sommer Ski, Norway, Opens This Weekend

Stryn Sommer Ski, Norway, opened for summer skiing on Saturday, May 25, a week earlier than planned. The resort was slated to open on June 1, but warm, sunny days enabled the resort to clear access roads faster than anticipated. Stryn Sommer Ski expects this to be “another short season” as conditions in the mountains are “scorching hot,” the resort […]

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Julia Schneemann | May 25, 2024
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Norway Ski Resorts are BURIED in Snow Right Snow

May saw insanely abnormal snowfall in Norway this year. Meters upon meters of snow fell in May to the point where they couldn’t even find some of their ski lifts at Norweigen ski resorts. Summer glacier skiing ski resorts have been forced to remain closed due to too much snow. At Fonna ski resort in Norway, they had to dig 10-13 feet down just to locate their T-bar this week… Styrn ski resort in Norway is closed today due to heavy snowfall. More snow is forecasted for the area on Sunday. […]

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Summer Skiing & Drinking in Stryn, Norway

Stian Benjaminson (editor’s note:  Our good friend, Zach Paley, has been living in the Arctic Circle of Norway for the past month.  He works on a boat, camps, skis, writes, and takes stunning photographs.  In this entry, Zach finds himself surfing arctic waters on his way back to the USA) Because even bad heroin is still heroin…   Surfing in Hoddevik was […]

Zach Paley | June 28, 2013
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