skiersthoughts.com » finland http://blog.skiersthoughts.com Notes from skiing trips and other random thoughts Wed, 02 Jun 2010 05:44:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Pyhä http://blog.skiersthoughts.com/2010/05/pyh/ http://blog.skiersthoughts.com/2010/05/pyh/#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 21:21:38 +0000 Sami Uskela http://blog.skiersthoughts.com/2010/05/pyh/ It seems that I forgot to write any notes from our spring trip to Pyhä, so here are some recollections.

We visited Pyhä a week after Easter; i.e., 9-13 April 2010. Which turned out to be very good timing. The slopes were in excellent condition, plenty of sunshine, but not too warm to keep the snow skiable.

This was my first visit to the resort and despite all the praising from friends, I was still positively surprised. Definitely one of the best skiing terrains in Finland. This time there was not enough snow left for off-piste tours, but even the slopes kept us busy for 4 days.

We had accommodation in Hotel Pyhätunturi just next to the slopes. The room, service, and breakfast were ok, but definitely not luxurious ;-)

The best after-ski was – predictable – in Calsberg House; especially the band on Saturday proved to have good spirit and got everyone of the audience of 30 people in to the dance floor until 2 am. During day time Tsokka provided excellent waffles, soups, and poronkäristys for lunch with very nice service including personal touch from owners

We also tried various restaurants for dinner and verdicts are following:

  • Hotel restaurant: ok food, but a bit overpriced, service not in par with expectations
  • Huttu Uula pizza was good, a la carte was not inviting
  • Huttuhippu provided positive surprise; despite a bit down scale interior, the service and especially food were both excellent and decently priced. Can be recommended.
]]> http://blog.skiersthoughts.com/2010/05/pyh/feed/ 0 Season opened http://blog.skiersthoughts.com/2008/12/season-opened/ http://blog.skiersthoughts.com/2008/12/season-opened/#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:46:56 +0000 Sami Uskela http://blog.skiersthoughts.com/2008/12/season-opened/ The season was opened with 3 hours of good skiing @ sunny Tahko. The slopes were pretty hard, but otherwise the conditions were excellent; sun shine, -3 degrees, and no wind at all.

Rented Fischer RC4 SL’s were really nice to ride on hard slopes – I’m still thinking on what skis to buy next…

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Luosukuru
Originally uploaded by suskela

What a day: fresh snow, sunshine, deep blue sky, telemark skies, and nice slopes. That’s how I like it :) Luosukuru and walls of Varkaankuru were excellent Today. the snow was like silk under the skies… Too bad that this was the last skiing day of the trip, maybe the last day of season?

On the other hand, there is more snow than ever I can remember and I don’t have any plans for wappu, yet.

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t?ɬ§st?ɬ§ se l?ɬ§htee
Originally uploaded by suskela

Yll?ɬ§s showed some of it’s best sides during weekend: sunshine, decent temperatures, and modest winds. however, no real spring snow out there yet. powder is hiding in the forests. One good run behind Kellostapuli Yesterday, but pretty warm way out from the woods…

Now it’s snowing but wind is winding down from the morning, maybe it’s soon time to hit the slopes again.

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