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Mikko Salonen: Jyväskylä Backcountry, Finland 02.02.2013

A day of splitboarding at a bigger hill next to the lake.
It included cooking sausages on a campfire and lots of skiing around looking for good places to ride down the steep face.
We found only one decent place. Elsewhere there were either too m...

2013-02-03 15:57:58 UTC 0 comments Jyväskylä Backcountry, Finland

Mikko Salonen: Riihivuori, Finland 01.02.2013

Another cheap Friday for S-group cardholders. Mostly we were riding the park which has quite a lot of different obstacles now - more than just different rails.
I also found a couple of "powder stashes" in which the snow was good near the top of t...

2013-02-03 15:26:45 UTC 0 comments Riihivuori, Finland

Mikko Salonen: Jyväskylä Backcountry, Finland 27.01.2013

Splitboarding "in my backyard".
Second day of testing my new Burton Freebird.
Hiked a nearby hill three times and tested two different routes down. Unfortunately the hill is not quite steep enough for this about 40cm of snow, so at first I had t...

2013-01-27 19:50:54 UTC 0 comments Jyväskylä Backcountry, Finland

Mikko Salonen: Jyväskylä Backcountry, Finland 12.01.2013

Lautakunnan porukalla vietettiin lauantaipäivä takamaastossa. Voimalinjan alla oli hyvää jyrkkää pätkää ja kohtuullista pillow linea. Toimisi myös syvemmällä lumella.

Kolmen laskun jälkeen lähdettiin metsästämään jostain tieltä nähtyä hakkuuauk...

2013-01-12 14:46:28 UTC 0 comments Jyväskylä Backcountry, Finland

Mikko Salonen: Riihivuori, Finland 17.12.2012

In Riihivuori again. The snow park had a couple of new things: two more rails and a mini jump. Now it's already possible to do quite many tricks in one run. And half of the slope is still empty. I think it's going to be good when it's ready.

M...

2012-12-18 17:31:48 UTC 0 comments Riihivuori, Finland

Mikko Salonen: Riihivuori, Finland 12.12.2012

Checking out the season's first setups in Riihivuori snow park. There were a few rails and press boxes, which were pretty well set. Not bad for starters - looking forward to the jumps etc.

And there was some pow in the closed slopes, very much ...

2012-12-18 17:19:50 UTC 0 comments Riihivuori, Finland

Mikko Salonen: Havumäki, Finland 13.12.2012

Setting up the lighting and the jump's inrun, test jumps, freeriding and a couple of tricks from pole jam.

2012-12-18 16:59:48 UTC 0 comments Havumäki, Finland

Mikko Salonen: Laajavuori, Finland 09.12.2012

After Riihivuori we went to Laajavuori and there was also only one slope open but there were more bumps, rails etc. to play with.

2012-12-11 16:37:20 UTC 0 comments Laajavuori, Finland

Mikko Salonen: Riihivuori, Finland 09.12.2012

First went to Riihivuori to check what's open. Well there were not many slopes but there were free grilled sausages, chocolate drinks and some snow games :) Tried to ride some powder in a closed piste but still the hard bottom snow is missing and ...

2012-12-11 16:33:29 UTC 0 comments Riihivuori, Finland

Mikko Salonen: Himos, Finland 06.12.2012

Independence day at Himos - not too much crowd and the slopes were all right. We even got a couple of pow turns in the "off piste", but had to be careful because under the fluffy stuff there is no hard snow yet.

2012-12-07 18:01:50 UTC 0 comments Himos, Finland