Grimsbu Turistsenter

Starting up Route 27 and into the clouds...
A view of the Rodanes.
Lunar.
Home.
Spark a la Lacy.
Patterson hot dogging.
Guiney.
The surroundings.

We made it to the venue. After a fun drive through a lunar like landscape we emerged a top the Rondane Mountains to be greeted by snow covered hills and a bright blue sky.

We had to stop and take some quick pictures which I will get up here after our ski today. The weather is cold and clear here...dare I say, sort of like Anchorage? We were greeted by a very nice woman who runs the tourist center here, she and her mother will be cooking and serving the food for all the teams competing here this week! We also met the organizer, Arne Olav, who took me on a ride to the venue in his "Cadi!" (Volkswagon Cadi that is..).

The venue is at the foot of the jumping hill, complete with a traditional, sod-roofed warming house, built in the 1800's. We are starting to put cold layers of wax on the skis this morning and about to head out for our first ski.

We are the first team to arrive. Estonia and Finland will be here today. Norway has a lot of there juniors slated to race, and Arne tells me many of them are here to prove that they deserve to be named to the National Team. Should be fun.