SPRING WINTER SKIING TOUR IN THE MOUNTAINS OF LAPLAND

Have you been wanting to go back-country skiing in the mountains outside all tracks but not felt secure enough to go on your own? If so, let Orra guide you through the arctic wilderness of Lapland! We go high above the tree line and make daytrips to mountain tops.

Place: The mountains of Lapland, Sweden

Time: 2/5-10/5

Lodge: Tents.

Food: Choose between full board and self-catering.

How to get there: Flight to Luleå, buss or rental car to Kvikkjokk, where Orra meet you.

For who: Those in good shape och with some skiing experience. 20 km or 7 hours of skiing, including climbing 400 meters, might be tough, but should not pose any real problems.

Group size: minimum 2, maximum 4 persons.

Price: Please request quotation. Example: 4 persons, 7 nights in tent, guide, full board: 4995SEK per person.

Equipment:

Orra has got tents and, when full board is chosen, kitchen gear for you. All the other gear, such as sleeping bag, clothes, skiing equipment, you bring yourself. If you lack anything, you might be able to rent it from Orra (see below).

Packing list:

Skiing equipment

mountain skiis with steel edges

skiing poles

wax (for old and fresh snow, for cold and wet snow, and ice: soft wax for ice and wet snow; hard wax: blue, red and yellow)

skins, if you got them

Clothes

skiing boots

woollen socks

extra pairs of socks

gaiters (can be rented)

trousers, wind- and waterproof

long johns, synthetics or woollen

undershirt, synthetics or woollen

jacket, wind- and waterproof

cap

woollen mittens

shell mittens, windproof

insulation: down jacket or similar

Camp gear

book

sleeping bag comfortable at -10 centidegrees (can be rented)

sleeping pad

Kitchen gear (only when self-catered)

stove

pots and pans

fuel

cuttlery

plate

matches/lighter

food

Toilet bag: don't forget sun lotion with sun factor of at least 15

Rucksack: minimum 50 liters and comfortable with 12 kg (can be rented)