The Best Backcountry Skiing Routes in Troms

While Northern Norway is known for amazing alpine finding good tree skiing can be a bit of a challenge. Fortunately for Tamokdalen the lower slopes of Blåbærfjellet offer some of if not the best open forests in the whole region....

This is a great ski tour for its simplicity and remarkable setting. The ski tour as suggested stays sub 30° and is a good choice when avalanche conditions prompt us to keep away from the steeper angles....

Tredje Svanfjell is an easy ski tour that offers possibilities for good skiing in mellow terrain on the normal route. Being one of the Senja classics, the mountain is a great choice for initiation to ski touring or when avalanche danger is high....

Often combined with an ascent and descent of neighbouring peak Burstinden (753m), the 862m high Roalden is a very alpine and classic Senja mountain that holds good snow late in the season....

A brilliant ski tour with truly epic views across the fjords and mountains to the south of Lyngen, this is a fantastic ski tour. It is known as the "Sleeping Soldier" because the locals believe that is what it looks like when viewed from the south....

Although virtually all of the ski tours in Lyngen feel wild, Gorzelvtinden feels particularly remote. It's nestled at the end of a rarely visited valley and doesn't see a lot of traffic....

Much as we'd all like the weather and conditions to be perfect every day, they sadly aren't. As such, it's good to have a few ideas up your sleeve to salvage a ski day when the weather is bad or avalanche risk is making the higher peaks too dangerous....

This is an understandably popular peaks for Tromsø residents because it's close to town and safe when other peaks might be impassable due to avalanche risk. This is not to suggest that you should come here in any conditions and that it is always safe, just that it is safe most days of the winter, which certainly isn't the case with some of peaks in the region....

If avalanche conditions are scary, or if you just fancy a cruisy day and some nice views, this is a great place to come. The ascent is mellow and quite brief so it's quite a steady little half day trip....

This is a shorter and easier alternative to the more demanding Arnøyhøgda - with equally good skiing. For a long way it follows the Arnøyhøgda SW route: The tour begins right on the road - there is only one on the island....

This is a classic ski tour into the heart of the Lyngen Alps. Easy access, moderate and varied terrain, glacier travel and great views characterise this tour. The tour begins at the end of the road in Koppangen....

Uløya is a popular skiing island in the area commonly referred to as Lyngen (although the peak is part of Skjervøy/Kåfjord). It is a lengthy traverse that will reward you with great views to the Lyngen Alps....

This is an increasingly popular ski peak, especially for ski-by-boat groups, and for good reasons - good summit-to-sea skiing, several route options, and fantastic views across the ocean to the Lyngen Alps....

Sorbmegaisa is a my favourite ski mountain in Kåfjord. It has a moderate ascent, requiring some route-finding, and a great fall-line ski descent, plus the best views to the Lyngen Alps of all the ski peaks on the west side of the Lyngen Fjord....

Daltinden is known as one of the best ski mountains in the Lyngen Alps. After a descent of just 5 kilometers into Lyngsdalen, you have get 1300 altitude meters of great skiing....

Storgalten is one of the most visited peaks in the Lyngen Alps. With its location in the north of the Lyngen Peninsula, with an epic view to the peaks in the south, as well as many and varied downhill opportunities, the many visitors are well deserved....

This is an easily accessible peak on "Kattfjordeidet", and with its more or less north-facing slope this is a good alternative for afternoon trips in the late spring. It's approximately an hour's march to the top, and easy, but varied skiing down again....

"Langdaltinden" is one of many fine ski mountains on Breivikeidet. "Langdaltinden" is approached without any approach march and offers several alternatives for the descent. "Langdaltinden" lies west of the ferry dock at "Breivikeidet"....

"Buren" is a popular winter tour for skiers and boarders in Tromsø. From Tromsø it's only a short drive of 20 minutes to where you park your car. The mountain is a perfect "ski-after-work-mountain" and offers varied skiing....

This tour is a real hidden gem - fantastic skiing, tremendous views and skiing to the ocean beach. The remoteness lures few people here, so you are almost guaranteed to have fresh tracks....