Sunday-Tuesday. Our travel route from Stockholm via St Petersburg and Krasnoyarsk to Petropavlovsk in Kamchatka.
Tuesday. We've just landed at the Petropavlovsk Airport in Kamchatka. The Koryaksky volcano in the background.
The first stop after checking in will of course be the hotel pool with hot water from a volcanic spring.
Wednesday. Our helicopter, an MI-8 from 1950.
Loading all our stuff for skiing and a couple of nights in a cabin on a volcano side.
Soon ready for take-off.
The Koryaksky volcano (alt. 3456 m.)
The smoking top of the Avachinsky volcano (alt. 2741 m.)
Avachinsky.
We're dumping all our stuff outside our cabin before we continue to the top.
Thomas near the top of the smoking Avachinsky volcano.
The group heading down after the helicopter drop. Quite difficult snow conditions.
Not the fluffiest powder snow I've experienced, but I'm looking quite happy.
Thomas found some better snow.
Morten, me, Monika, Thomas.
The helicopter waits for us.
Wheels might not be optimal for landing in snow?
Tomas.
Thomas on the Avachinsky volcano side, with the Koryaksky volcano in the background.
Laying some nice tracks.
Thomas.
The helicopter waits for us again.
Back to the cabin. Thomas is ready to "check in".