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 Skarvenrittet med Nils Bjarne Krohn
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a vacation in Val D´Isere with Linken
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Team member: Ole Kristian Årmot
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 Photos of Magnus Tveito in action taken by Vegard Breie
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 Some pics from the easter in Narvikfjellet.
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 Petter Dokka Daug and a bunch of buddies spent last weekend in Røldal. Here are the pics!
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 Some pics from Linken´s US team rider Sam Cox´ stay in Narvik.
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 Some pics from Mørkholla....
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NM and skiing pics 220306
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 Some pics from the Norwegian alpine skiing championships 2006, and some freeride pics as well....
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Pics from the Alps by Fredrik Schenholm
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 Here are som pics taken by Fredrik Schenholm in the Alps in march 2006.
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Pics from Petter Dokka Haug
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 Petter Dokka Haug sent us these pics from Røldal.
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 Some pics of the current conditions in Narvik!
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 Teamrider Bård Øymar skiing Haukelifjell.
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 Teamrider Robin Fagerli skiing in Lake Tahoe, CA, USA.
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 Here are some pics of Dale Mikkelsen skiing in Whistler.
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Hemsedal pics by Petter Brennhovd
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 Some great skiing pics from Hemsedal!
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Fredrik Schenholms photos from Sestriere
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 Photographer Fredrik Schenholm and skier Tomas Olsson have visited Sestriere, one of the resorts for the Olympic Games.
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 Some pics of Marte Lise Karlsen.
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 Her´s a pic of the 0506 Linken stickers.
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 Some pics from a nice climb on Eidetind in the summer of 2005.
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Fredrik and Tomas on Mt Blanc
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 Tomas Olsson and photographer Fredrik Schenholm have visited Mt Blanc this summer. Here are the pics!
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 Some pics from another great weekend in Narvik. Pics by Jan Are Pettersen.
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Pics from Svalbard by Fredrik Schenholm
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 Pics from Fredrik Schenholm, Fredrik Ericsson and Tomas Bergmalm´s trip to Svalbard winter 2005.
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Pics by Jan-Arne "Juni" Pettersen
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 Pics by Jan-Arne "Juni" Pettersen, taken in Mørkholla, on Leigas and on Geitgaljartind.
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 Here are som pics of the demo skis we´re selling out.
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Pics from Pål Eirik Pedersen
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 Narvik skier Pål Eirik Pedersen skiing in the area below Mørkholla.
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Easter-eve on Liten Plass
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 Pictures from Easter-eve on Liten Plass. It was crowded and peopel had a great time...
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 Some pics from this year´s greatest skiing day in Narvik so far...
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 Some pics of Magnus Tveito from Hemsedal Big Air 2005 taken by Vegard Breie!
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 Here are som pics of the new 0506 edition of the Linken telemark binding.
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Magnus, Åsmund and Jon Håvard doing the Alps.
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 Some pics from Magnus Tveito, Åsmund Thorsen and Jon Håvard Grøgård skiing in the Alps 2005.
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Sarek - Fredrik Schenholm
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 Swedish photographer Fredrik Schenholm have been in Sarek with freeskier Fredrik Ericsson. Here are the pics!
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 A few shots from this year´s Rallarsvingen!
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Sneak peek at 2006 ski models
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 Some shots from ISPO of the upcoming 2006 ski models.
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 Åsmund Thorsen, Magnus Tveito and Vegard Breie foolin´ around in Røldal!
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 Here´s what we do in Narvik while we´re waiting for the snow!
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The new park in Ål Skisenter 2
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 Some pics showing the progress in the Ål park.
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 Some detail photos of the demoskis!
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The new park in Ål Skisenter
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 Linken teamrider Magnus Tveito and his skiing buddies Jon Håvard Grøgard and Åsmund Thorsen have joined Ål Skisenter´s Knut Einar Haug in the building of a new park in the Ål skiresort. Here are the pics.....
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 Photos from a trip to Tredjetoppen by the american photographer Gabe Rogels.
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 Pictures from the Opshaug Festival. The Festival was arranged at Opshaugs cabin in Ballangen (week 31. The crew were very pleased with a vell orginaised Festival. A lot of beer and fun on the water...
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 In the summer Ronny like to take the "Sjark" out on a trip in the fjords around Narvik. Here are some pictures..
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 Stryn 2004 Christian Schou
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 Some pics of our teamrider from Finland visiting Alta, and we´re talkin´ about Alta, Finnmark, not Alta, Utah!
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Extreme NM Riksgränsen 2004
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 Some pics from the nordic extreme skiing chammpionships at Riksgränsen.
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 Some pics from Da Gathering big jump comp 2004.
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Back country corner in Narvik
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Linken and release plates
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 Here are some pictures of Linken mounted on different release plates.
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 La Skieda Telemark Festival
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 Simply some pics from Narvik from the 1st of April!
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A small collection of pics from Narvik
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 Here´s a small collection of pictures from the ski resort in Narvik.
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 A few pics from this year´s Rallarsvingen.
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 Swedish freerider Mikael Af Ekenstam is working on his new top tour guide for the Narvik area. Here are some pictures from a trip to Skorvetind in the end of february.
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 Have a look at some photos of our 2004 winter caps!
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The 2003/2004 girls Linken T-shirt
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 Our new model Sandra Nilsen shows you this year´s Linken girl´s t-shirt
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The 2003/2004 Linken T-shirt
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 Linken team rider Robin Fagerli showing this year´s t-shirt!
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Climbing in the Narvik area
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 There´s very little writen info on climbing in the Narvik area easily available. Here is a collection from some some of the most common and nicest climbs in the area. Hopefully it will inspire some of you to go out and do some of these nice trips...
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 The South Pillar of Stetind is one of the classic climbing routes in Norway. Here are a bunch of pictures from july 2003 when Ole Edvardsen, Håkon Haugerud and Børge Soleng climbed it under perfect conditions.
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Chamonix tightrope playing 2003
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 Linken team rider Martha Burley
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Da Gathering pics by Sture
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 Three pictures from Da Gathering taken by Sture Pettersen!
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Pictures from the early 90´s
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 Pictures of Ronny and his friends from the early 90´s. What do you think about the style?
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 Shots from mountains in Narvik and the visinity
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 Product pictures
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 Ronny Dahl is not only a scary skier, he´s a dedicated biker as well....
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 Pictures from 2002 Tinderitt
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 Some close-ups of details from the binding.
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 Pictures from Chamonix taken by Ronny Dahl February 2001
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 Pictures from Hemsedal freeride 2001 taken by Ronny Dahl.
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 Pictures of Ronny Dahl, Petter Bolstad and Gunnar Lien Holsten from Tyin-Filefjell 2001
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 Testing of xc prototype nr. 2. Participants Vegard Ulvang and Sigurd Brørs
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Linken on Salomon Pocket Rocket
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 Here are some photos of the Linken together with two of the other smoothest looking products on the market; Salomon´s Pocket Rocket and Garmont´s Triple G.
The binding on the pictures features the 2001/2002 finish, but be aware that the Front Plate and Front Shim will have a different shape for the 2001/2002 model.
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 A few shots from the annual "Rallarsvingen" telemark event in Narvik. Linken had a demo with 20 pairs of skis.
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Mounting the Heel Lifters
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 This photo sequence shows how to easily mount the Heel Lifters on the binding.
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Replacing the alum. teeth segment
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 This photo series describes how to replace an old aluminum Teeth Segment from the 2001 model with a new one in brass. The correponding text is found under the Mounting Instruvtions section.
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 Linkens trip to the Outdoor Retailers show in Utah in january 2001. I thought we had taken a lot of good skiing prictures, but somehow it seems like we ended up with more beer pictures than skie pictures.....
http://www.linken.com/photogallery_showlocation.asp?location=21
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Backountry in the Narvik mountains 2
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 More picures from some of our trips.
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Backcountry in the Narvik mountains
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 Teleskiing is often at it´s best when you´ve struggled your way to the top of a high mountain, and have endless areas of untouched powder in front of you!
Narvik offers great surroundings for backcountry skiing. After a few minutes walk from the center of town with the skis on your shoulder, you can actually ascend several tops rising from sea level to almost 1300 meters. If you have access to a car, you have an almost infinite amount of tops within reach. These pictures shows just a few of the trips we´ve done in this area.
Gagnesaksla is a spectacular coloir running from 1200 meter and straight into salt water! Because of the big wall you´re skiing beside, you get a tremendous feeling of altidtude, and those who don´t like airy places should stay away! Spanstind, Leigas and Aarsteinhornet are mountains located about half an hour of driving north of Narvik. Moerkhoalla offers about 1000 height meters of tremendous off-pist, just 20 minutes walk above the highest lift in Narvik. Reintind is a top located in Skjomen, south of town, not far away from Gagnesaksla, while Raankjeipen is 25 minutes south of town following E6. Storsteinstoppen with it´s about 1900 meters is one of the highest mountain in the area, and it is also located in Skjomen. You´ll probably need a couple of days to get there, but it´s worth it!
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Scandinavian Freeskiing Championships - Riksgränsen 2000
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 Some pictures taken in the beginning of june 2000 at the Scandinavian Freeskiing Championships in Riksgränsen, Sweden. We brought our own cameras, so don´t expect pro quality!!
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 Linken spent the 25.2.99 in the slopes in Kongsberg. They had a nice big jump, so most of the time we were occupied airwalking!Kongsberg - of reknown for its long and active skiing tradition - with a stable, continental climate, is a focal point between hills and mountains. Kongsberg has a fine skiing centre just next to the centre of the town. There you will find several skiing slopes, also a special one for children. The skiing centre includes a modern chairlift, excellent opportunities for slalom, telemark, monoski, halfpipe and snowboards, as well as a fine sledging run.
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 Linken visited Wyllerløypa 24.2.99 and this slope is a pearl located 15 minutes from downtown Oslo. Its a fun slope, steep and very enjoyable. When we visited its was very hard and icy, thus we got a good chance to test linkens carving abilities!
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 Linken tele team visited Kvitfjell 22.2.99 and had fabulous conditions. Kvitfjell - White Mountain - offers snow adventures for everyone, novices and elite skiers alike. 30 miles of slopes, 7 ski lifts, a moguls slope, 1 half pipe, 3 big jumps, 3 quarter-pipes and boarder cross for snowborders, off-piste skiing for powder enthusiasts.
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 Linken tele team visited Oppdal 21.2.99, and skiing was very good.
Oppdal is located 120 km (75 miles) from Trondheim, the nearest international airport. One of Norway´s largest ski centres, site of World Cup Slaloms in ´84, ´88, ´91 and ´93. Skiing in four separate ski areas, 11 KM floodlit. Facilities include swimming pools, sports hall, snowmobiling, sleigh rides and a 400m ice rink.
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 Linken tele team visited Trysil 20.2.99 for testing of prototypes. Trysil boasts a world-class 24 lifts serving 62 slopes over three sides of the mountain, with forest areas and high mountains. You can choose off piste, moguls or well groomed slopes and waiting in line is rare in Trysil thanks to a big lift capacity of 26.000 pers/hour. The 685m vertical drop and 70km of green, blue, red and black slopes gives opportunities of choice for everybody, from beginners to experts.
Trysil is known for stable snow conditions. Artificial snowmaking on six slopes, one children´s area and the terrain park assures an early season start and reliable skiing conditions through the winter.
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 Linken tele team visited Norefjell 28.2.99 and spent the day testing bindings in nice weather and good slopes.
On Norefjell you will find 24 kilometers of trails. The vertical rise is 1010 meters. There are good possibilities for offpiste skiing in a somewhat demanding and varied forest terrain. Additionally, separate area for children with it´s own lift, and snowboard area.
Norefjell has advanced snowmaking installations that will provide more than 9 km of the most popular trails open. The snow-cannons draw water directly from the lake Krøderen, and the pump-capacity is as much as 6.000 litres per minute.
The lift capacity is almost 14.000 people per hour.
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 All these pictures are taken in April 2000 during hard core testing of Linken´s new prototype in Lofoten. Test skiers as usual -Ronny Dahl and Terje Nordgård Larsen. The pictures was shoot at 3 different locations; Presten close to Henningsvær, Ørsnes at Austvågøy and Store Molla Island.
Lofoten speaks for itself, more exotic teleskiing is hard to find. But be prepared to work for it..............
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 Riksgrensen is frequently visited by Linken for testing of new equipment. Riksgrensen borders Norway, and actually means the Nation´s Border. Its only 45 KM from Narvik. It is deeply anchored in the Polar Lapland 340 miles north of the Arctic Circle. You may expect it to be freezingly cold, but strangely it is not. It enjoys the warm climate brought by the Gulf Stream that sweeps along the Norwegian coastline. The ski season runs from mid February till end of June. In May and June the runs are open, not only during the day, but also at night. You can ski in the light of the Midnight Sun, then be in your swimming outfit by noon. Riksgrensen is set in mile after mile of razor edged mountain peaks, long narrow fjords and deep valleys. If your love is downhill skiing there are long, sweeping slopes as smooth as velvet. And the off-piste skiing is unsurpassed. Riksgrensen is a Mecca for freestyle, snowboarding and telemark enthusiasts.
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 Linken telemark team visisted Hemsedal 27.2.99 for testing of prototypes. Weather was bad - but skiing was good. Hemsedal has the highest located skilift in Scandinavia, 1500 meters above sea level. The location high up in the Norwegian mountains is the reason why they have such a long season, from November to early May. Hemsedal has an excellent snow record. Ski area of international standard. As an arena for World Cup competitions, Hemsedal has 810 meters vertical drop, a great variety of slopes, a large snowboard park, mogul runs and excellent off piste possibilities as well as areas for children and beginners.
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 Linken telemark team visited Geilo 26.2.99 for testing of prototypes. Following you can see some photos taken during that day. We enjoyed the skiing in Geilo.
Geilo has long traditions for winter sports and has gained a reputation for being a very good cross country and alpine skiing area. In addition few ski resorts can offer such a wide range of accommodation, such a variety of activities and excellent shopping facilities as those you will find in Geilo´s compact centre. During the past century tourism has grown to be an integrated part of Geilo´s daily life.
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 Linkens home town and definitly the best skiing area in Scandinavia! We can´t think of a better place for development of alpine equipment. Take a look at the pictures, and you´ll get the idea! Another thing about Narvik is the magnitude of good tele skiers, so many people have picked up tele skiing over the last years and Linken use as many as possible for extensive testing.
On Fagernesfjellet, 5 ski lifts take you up to heights of 1003 metres above sea level.
From the top, you can follow precipitous slopes almost down to the waters edge.
Over recent years, Narvik has become increasingly popular with Telemark skiers from all over the world.
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