The second self organized ski trip from 6.-8.3.2015, was planned as a weekend trip with 5 persons and overnighting in huts.
Route Plan: 
- Friday: take the bus at 8.30h, arrive in Langeid at 11:30h. Ski 7 km to Tjønndalen. Overnight in the DNT hut.
- Saturday: Ski 12 km to Gaukhei, overnight in the DNT hut.
- Sunday: Ski 17 km to Bortelid and take the bus back home at 17:45h.
Changes during the tour:
As the snow was really wet and melt
because of warm weather conditions , we had to walk up the mountain to Simdalen. Although we used the red wax, our skis were slipping. Nevertheless we made it to the hut within 2 hours and had some fun skiing downhill.
On Saturday we decided to stay in the hut and go for a day trip. This democratic decision was made due to the snow conditions, a very strong wind from the east and a limited view because of fog in the direction of Gaukhei. Two of us went back to the hut after half an hour. The rest tried to reach the top of a hill nearby.
However the wind was so strong, that
we got fanned while standing still. This is why we decided to skip down into the valley and try to practice our skating technique on the partly wind sheltered lake. In the end it were only two of us remaining in the storm. We went uphill again to have the wind in the back while skiing downhill. That was great fun.
It was raining on Sunday and the snow was melting. We chose a way around the lake because there were uncertain cracks in the ice and a lot of water on top of it. The way back was much faster than we thought. As the snow was not to icy on the downhill part to Langei, we skied downhill using the snowplow and making turns.
Group dynamic
In the beginning of the trip we were all a little tired so we didn’t talk a lot. As a group we decided when to break and how fast to ski. It was easy to find the path because of signs and snowmobile tracks which is why we did not need to read the map. Anyway the two of us reading it were mostly in front leading the way.
In the hut we unspokenly split up the tasks equally. Hence one chopped wood, one melted snow two were cooking and one helped carrying the wood inside. Somehow we kept to the same duties the following days.
Part of a group dynamic process was our decision to stay in the hut for two nights. None of us was contend with the weather conditions which ended in us being unmotivated. This changed on the next day when one of us was enjoying the stormy weather and motivated part of the group to stay outside and play. In my opinion the difference was that we were able to split up on Saturday but we couldn’t have split up for the overnighting in huts.
Evaluation:
The trip was well planned only without regarding the weather conditions. Our decision to stay in the hut for two nights was the right one because of the fog and storm. It was exciting to travel with a new group and experience how you get in contact with people better because you don’t have anything distracting you in the hut.
However the trip did not improve my technique in skiing.
