Notes from skiing trips and other random thoughts
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Some delay on bloging, but anyway …
On Epiphany (6 Jan 09) we got another great opportunity for skating on top of natural ice. This time went to Lake Hiidenvesi for a good 14 km round (route details from Sports Tracker).
The ice was again perfect – I’ve never experienced such a smooth surface even in any indoor arenas. And the sunset offered some exceptional views at the end of the day.
Sauna, beer, and pea soup was really nice final touch for the day. Thanks Janne & Pia!
Well, the ski shopping did not go exactly as planned. The friendly folks at Ski Service managed convince me that Diamir Titanal II bindings are not the state-of-the-art anymore and that driving the Coombas would be much more pleasant with Marker Barons attached. So I ended up with upgrading also the bindings. I truly hope that this will be truly winning combination for several winters to come.
In case anyone needs Diamirs (currently readily installed on crossplate plates) I have one extra pair…
This year’s skiing plan starts to get more and more concrete; the dates and target resort has been selected. We will be going to Zermatt on 1st week of February. Let the snow fall down there 
Btw: does anyone know how the Swiss train cards, especially the Swiss Transfer Ticket, works in practice?
To boost the excitement, here is Zermatt weather forecast feed from snow-forecast:
This time the timing was perfect for sea to get ice cover in front of Helsinki: I managed to get skates sharpened on Friday and – as I thought – the there was enough frost over the weekend so that Today there was solid smooth ice on the Helsinki sea bays.
We went for quick 1 hour (9 km) ice skating trip around Otaniemi (see SportsTracker log). The ice was just perfect for skating and the sunshine made the views also worth of seeing. Hopefully the weather stays cold so that the ice will not get ruined too soon…
Tags: 2009, baltic sea, ice, skate, winter
