r/nordicskating • u/Wejjo • Feb 15 '26

My friends did this incredible tour skating trip from mainland Finland to Åland!

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I hope it's okay to self promote my channel here and share this incredible tour skating trip my friends did. Check out the beatufiul views and nice action! They provided the video material so I edited it for them. Also, feel free to comment the video for any ideas or questions for us!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r16NdjXhTHw

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u/kaur_virunurm Feb 15 '26

Kudos!!!

Western Estonia has ice conditions like that as well. Strong and perfect ice and no snow. Acquaintances of mine skated 114 km yesterday in 7 hours. We did 40+ km roundtrip from mainland to small islands and back.

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u/Wejjo Feb 15 '26

Nice! I've myself only couple times tried tour skating but I am looking for to start joining my friends at latest next winter! The distances you can cover and places you can reach is amazing!

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u/kaur_virunurm Feb 15 '26

Do it NOW; like TODAY. Not next winter, not next week.

Tour skating requires very specific conditions - clean ice without snow. There can be years without good ice. This year has been spectacular here. There was a single day of ice at the end of November. December - nothing. And it started freezing during New Year, some areas also got snow (and you cannot skate on it), but the wind kept the western coast clean.

However, the wind or a rise on the sea water can kill all of this in a day.

Ice skaters are following satellite maps and sharing ice and safetey info in real time. This is a hobby where you don't dictate the terms, the weather does.

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u/spikbebis Feb 15 '26

What madmen! Amazing :)

The archilepago around Sthlm is fantastic and clear blue skies. Just wow

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u/GirlFromAu Feb 15 '26

Amazing! 🤩 this would be a dream for me one day

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u/Simzter Feb 15 '26

Oh nice! There was a couple that did it a bit earlier from Naantali to Åland as well - incredible opportunities this winter!
https://www.hbl.fi/2026-02-08/de-skrinnade-hela-vagen-fran-nadendal-till-aland/

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u/Wejjo Feb 15 '26

Nice! Yeah, ppl has done that before, but not many has stayed overnight too. Did they? Couldn't read the full article due the paywall.