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Successful Inaugural Iceland Ski & Sail Expedition…

May 13, 2016 by Jayson Simons-Jones Leave a Comment

This Spring marked an exciting ‘first’ for Lotus Alpine Adventures, as we embarked with a crew of four guests on a very unique and exotic ski mountaineering expedition to the Westfjords region of extreme NW Iceland, for a week of skiing in the Hornstradir Nature Reserve aboard the 98-year old wooden oak sailing ship, the Donna Wood of North Sailing Husavik.

The Westfjords region of Iceland is incredibly beautiful and also incredibly remote. Deep fjords cut into the mountainous landscape here making each valley and village feel extremely isolated, while the topography of the land makes for endless couloirs and interesting ski terrain to be explored, beginning just steps from the shores of the Arctic Ocean. It’s combination of raw and intense beauty, extreme weather (which we experienced quite a lot of), and remoteness was outdone only by the genuine and welcoming hospitality from the Icelandic people that dwell here, where they’ve lived for generations among this tiny corner of one of the world’s most isolated islands.

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