The beauty of Night XC skiing in Norway
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- čas přidán 29. 06. 2024
- Cross country skiing, Norway’s national sport. Only difference? It’s nighttime. But once again, we’re at arguably Norway’s best cross country skiing location: Sjusjøen.
Also known as Nordic skiing, sometimes ski touring, or simply XC skiing, this sport is growing increasingly popular thanks to the combination of exercise, technique, and often stunning scenery.
The combination of head torches and lighting on the Sjusjøen trails makes for a magical night skiing experience.
As you may have seen from our earlier videos, Sjusjøen really does have it all. It’s the location for several cross country skiing races throughout the ski season, including the famous Birkebeinerrennet which runs through Sjusjøen. And is also the perfect place to ski morning, evening and night.
Cross country skiing, or langrennsski as it’s known in Norwegian, actually has two quite distinct styles, classic and skating (klassisk and skøyte in Norwegian respectively). The equipment, and more importantly technique, are quite different in each. Most XC skiing beginners start with classic, and then move onto skating which is usually considered more challenging.
The night skiing experience also offers a chance to see a different side of nature, with rabbits, and even moose and deer in the area.
Many professionals come to Sjusjøen to train, including Petter Northug, Johannes Klæbo, Marit Bjørgen, Øystein Pettersen, many of whom have won Olympic medals and represent the best of the best at the sport. And not to forget Therese Johaug.
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Night skiing looks amazing. You certainly know how to enjoy a Norwegian winter. 😊
I got interested in this channel after watching Tyler Walker commenting one of the other videos in here. i guess I will subscribe :)
awesome
Night skiing is awesome, wherever you can do it!
We agree, especially around full moon!
Yes! Used to do the same thing on the trails outside of Trondheim. Even after the lights were turned off at 10pm It was spectacular in the moonlight, or in the midst of a snow squall.
We would love to go to røros and do this aswell and yeah agree with a full moon and clear sky, you dont even need a headlamp!
I really enjoy night skiing.
One thing you can do to improve glide waxing is tilting your iron to put its edge in the groove of your ski to melt the wax more into the groove.
Night skiing is really something different! Hep hey, thanks for the advice🫶
Hey Thomas that is pretty cool! I have never heard of night skiing. Looks like you and Angus are always having a blast, That's awesome. Love it. Great video. . Cheers
Mr Bill! Thanks again! Night skiing is really a fun way to get exercise and enjoy the darkness of the north! Happy days!
You should not drag the wax iron back and forward. The heat can damage your skis. Drag it once from front to back and leave it for some minute to cool before you can drag it once more.
Thanks! will remember to do that next time!
Dripping the wax wastes a lot of wax. Try heating the wax on the iron and then rubbing the bar of wax on the ski.
That actually makes good sense, thanks! Every money saving tip in Norway is a good tip ;)