Sander Meijer
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Some fun memories. In Norway I spent a bunch of time poking around mountains on Kvaløya, practicing my snowcraft, exploring with friends and speaking with the mountains on some solo missions.
I sure miss it. And I'm so grateful I got to go there. Life has been pretty bittersweet in the few years since - however, it's always something I'll remember...
#snowscience #skiMountains #timelineCleanse #internationalMountainDay
A mountain range in blue twilight, during the polar night. A skier is ascending a slope in the foreground
Snow crystals on a grid. These are rounded grains, a good sign that the snow is bonding together. You can almost see the original snowflake structure in some of the crystals.
A snowy mountain ridge in moonlight. This is Skittentinden (the dirty mountain)
A snow pit wall, with a folding rule down the full pit. Snow layers are marked by little coloured popsicle sticks, and there are two thermometers in the snow (round dials near the surface) to take a temperature profile