Ski to a nice picturesque location, give advice on skis, have a coffee (with appreciative thumbs-up), ski away into the beautiful scenery. Simply perfect.

Coffee, skiing, and Erik- my favorites!

The creaking sound of the snow, like a carpet of tiny precious stones. Thank you Erik.

imagine a vid with birds chirping.. pleasant dialogue... the sound of skis gliding on the snow.. and no pulsating synth music.. what an exciting concept

Thank you for the sharing the space and beauty you capture in your videos. They are are treasures!

Love your videos. Such quietude coming from them. Thank's for the tips on skis!

Thank you for the gear talk. Wonderful video... great editing... very useful information. Because of this video i will get back country ski's

Very informative. Thank you, especially the scenery and the birds singing!

👍 Love the setting. Well done. Simple, informative, wonderful scene and scenery.

This video is too cool. I especially like the beginning skiing through the trees to the cool log cabin

What a lovely atmosphere

Great info and video! Answered a lot of questions I had about backcountry skis.

Thank you for some good advice Erik

Really nice vid, thanks. Just bought my first backcountry skis and this really helped me

Excellent video! Thanks for the information!! It will come in handy when preparing for next winter...

Great video and explanation of gear! Thanks Erik!

Such a peaceful location. Hello from the U.S. Love the videos.

Hello from the Czech Republic, I like your inspiring videos.

Thanks for the video, Erik. Beautiful footage :)

Love your videos Sweden is a beautiful country

I like the camera angle. It gave me the feeling of skiing 🇨🇦

Very useful information with coffee and beatiful scenery ths

Nice view

Beautiful photography, good beginner information.

Thank you for your insights, from Upstate New York

Fin info om skidor! Tusen tack, Erik.

Love your videos! Tack Sa Mycket from San Francisco

Hi Erik .. A nice posting .. thanks 👍😊. We generally don't get enough snow here in Rheinfelden CH to warrant Touring Ski's. I don't ski (pushing 70 .. this dog isn't going to learn that new trick in a hurry 😏). In South Africa, in earlier days, I was, inter alia, a keen Surfer 🏄‍♂️, Water Skier and had a quite interesting and active Lifestyle so I can identify, in a fashion with what you are doing. Whilst I cannot now get up to the level of 'mischief' 😏 that you do, I have a forest right behind where I live which gives me the opportunity to get out and do stuff .. albeit at a somewhat lower intensity 🐌. Watching you and those like you 'out there doing their thing' (which I enjoy immensely) also takes me back in time (memories) and motivates me to follow suit. Once again .. thanks for that .. for sharing .. take care .. Tommy

Very informative, thank you!

This was awesome man. Love from Canada!!

yes one more subscriber. your videos are fab, just adding your coffee pot and cup is an epic 🤓

Great info about the skis - thank you. I will be trying xc skiing in Kitzbuhel next month for the first time (I don't downhill ski either!), so it was very interesting for me to have some understanding about the kit. I am looking forward to the new experience and mountain air away from wet, muddy, windy UK 😁. I hill hike in England but I am sure the xc skiing will use different muscles or at least use them in a different way!

I got the E99 used this year. Can’t wait to try them out in Lapland in March.

Thanks. Very informative. Greetings from Bavaria!

I've been waiting on this video; well done.

Very nice video - all your videos are high quality and beautifully done - so glad I found your channel

Another “Holy Moment”... Thanks Erik for another informative and refreshing video. Cheers from South Carolina USA.

Thank you

good to see ya

Lovely thank you!

February. The deep winter month. We have 17 degrees here. No skiing. Nice spring sound of the coaltit. Here too birds are singing and the squirrel is gathering nest material. Cheers, thanks again for these nice winter experiences

Super video!

Very nice video.Always enjoy your videos and the beautiful nature in Sweden.ATB:Soren

Dream for me Lots of love from india

Hello Erik, thank you for sharing another informative video. I really enjoyed it. I used to do a lot of cross country skiing in Northern California. I miss it. All the best to you in good health and safety. 🤗

Awesome, this is the information I needed! :)

Anybody else thinking that it would be nice having a cabin out in the woods like the one in the video? Erik's cabin living channel.

Super bro and nice shoot

So serene! Thank you for the ski advice Erik. Keep up the great work and thank you for sharing such picturesque views.

Bra jobbat njut av vädret.

...👍🏻...a hug from Italy...😉

Nice

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I agree on skis though I still apply some aerosol wax to my base. It seems to help when I encounter warm patches and snow balls up and sticks to the base. I have been trying some Finnish “sliding snowshoes “ for the twisty mountain trails in my area marketed by Black Diamond (US) that half embedded skins. Love the audio background of the birdsong. It is a hallmark of your videos .

Hej Erik. Du är en mästare på att inspirera. Jag har sett många ja jag tror alla dina filmer faktiskt. Jag bor i Närke och här har vi inte lika mycket snö men jag hoppas ändå kunna åka lite skidor i vinter. Jag har precis köpt ett par tur skidor så jag har mycket att se fram emot. Tack för ännu en trevlig film. Mvh Anders

Just noticed on this video that you also skate ski...you do ALL outdoor activities..😃😃 I agree waxing your Skis is a tedious job and you have to get the wax right for the temperature. I use both non wax and wax skis depending on where I am going.....LOVE YOUR LIFE up there in Sweden.

Cool as👌

Someplaces is not possible to use ski on "own" hiking pads, it's too steep and too rocky or too bushy😲😄. But is good to know which one are the best to buy.. thank you Erik! Good luck and regards!

Fisher E stands for Fisher Europa, a line that goes back to the 1970s, with metal edges and wide. The Europa 99 was the widest Backcountry Ski in the USA, in the 1980s, and I used at least 3 pairs up to the 1990s, all waxables.

Super thanks, Erik! That POV is so, so satisfying for someone who rarely ski like me and I wished it was a tad bit longer. Haha. Thanks for this upload. Learned more and got more curious about touring skis. Lovely weather up there! This was really refreshing. Felt I was in Sweden for 7mins. Salamat po :)

I've finally just ordered my pair of skis. As I will most probably face a bit more powder in our area, I've decided to take the Fischer Excursion 88 which is 0.5 cm wider than yours. I've also ordered Alfa Outback boots with integrated gaiters as anytime I am going out with no gaiters in snowy season, even if there is little snow, I tend to find a proper pile of snow to fall knee-deep or deeper :) So, I figured, that having integrated Goretex gaiters is worth the money. I was first looking at Alpina Alaska, but they're out of stock for my size and I couldn't find it available in any shop delivering to Russia. Anyways, if Alfa boots delivery will be quick enough, it may happen that these weekends I'm having my first ever ski backpacking trip. Wow!

Oh I haven't skied for years!!

Master

Din Engelska är jätte bra. 😍

Really enjoy your work, thank you for sharing your part of the planet with those on the other side of it. Coffee is good for the soul, how do you prefer to make yours?

Härligt med vårvinterljuset när du sitter mot stugan å kokar kaffe.

While coffee is done, chirupping of birds in the calm atmosphere is charming. By the way what is time there, when you made the video?

Hello, Erik. Thank you for making these videos. Do you have a video describe your clothing when you go skiing? My family moved to northern New York State, very near to Tug Hill, a place in the US that gets the most snow east of the Rocky Mountains. We wish to explore the state parks and forests here on skis in the wintertime. I’m collecting the hardware for my family (skis, bindings, poles, boots) to do this. I think clothing is probably very important, also. Can you discuss your winter clothing, please?

My favorite bush ski so far is Fischer S-bound 112. I went with 189cm length for max float and better for spanning narrow creeks and dips. They have fantastic grip, but I also use the Easy skins with them on the steep hills. I also have Rossignol 125's, useless grip, no-wax version. But they downhill better with more side cut built into the design. Madshus 89? for hard spring crust with a lighter boot, Fischer OTX 3 BC. My heavy duty boots are the Fischer BCX-6 , just got them because they were available locally. A little worried the metal pin will fail someday way the heck out in the bush. Also have a set of OAC Kar but I find they don't have enough float for me and I'm only 145 lbs ( 66kg- 178cm tall). The tips are too low as they dig into the snow going through divots and ditches. But my wife likes them. Cheers from North Bay Ontario Canada!

5:44 this is true living.

Hello Erik and greetings from Northern Minnesota. I've been a long time skier on standard cross country skis. The last few years I've done mostly off trail skiing. I want to ask if you prefer Hok Skis or touring xc skis for back country? Thanks.

First of all I'd like to congratulate you for the awesome video you brought. I'd like to know what do you do if you have to face a downhill with those skiis. Which steepness do you think you can afford with them? Thank you.

Hi Erik, thanks for all your great videos - they are all fantastic and clearly we all love them! May I ask, what are the trousers that you are wearing (you wear them a lot in your videos) - I particularly like the natural colour of them. Thanks and have a great day. J

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Hello Erik, Thanks alot for the great tips. I would like to know your opinion about choosing between touring skies and Altai skis for the purpose of winter trekking with both backpack and pulk sled. knowing that I am a beginner in skiing (I know the basics)

Great video Erik! I use telemark with climbing skins mostly every day. I was thinking of buying touring skis with scales and maybe kicker skins, to save energy and have more glide on flat ground. I will of course keep the telemark for alpine touring, but do you think it's worth having a second kit for "speed"? Thanks again!

FYI in New England I use waxless skis with grip wax on the tails and tips. (voile 3 pin and optional cables on X-terrians). Waxless takes out 90% headaches.

Not much snow there. I've been snowshoeing the last few years. We are steep mountain country around here. Have you ever tried the short wide skis with permanent skins? Altai Hoks or similar. Usually 125mm long with a universal binding. I like your setup. I may rent a set for a weekend to see how they feel.

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I am learning to Nordic ski. I want to go backcountry touring as I live in a remote place. I saw you skate with these skis as well. Can all skis skate or only skate skis? Thank you

Hi. I'm suprice i'ts nothing to keep your heel if u need to. It is just the front strong enough to keep your shoe IN?Wow. I remember when I was kid and I had wooden ski's over size to me lol, many times snow stack to them and we tryed use some candles to add wax on them. They was bloody long, to long, big spring went alround your heel and you could use them as walking ski's you have to take spring off from the side hooks...A lot of stories lol Take care Erik! Tom

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Hi Erik, what do you prefer for BC poles? thanks

Erik, I have two questions. Firstly how do those Fischer 109's perform on pre-prepared tracks. (I have only ever used the thinner kind, at Grovelsjon and in Tirol). Secondly for a longer tour, say doing the Kungsleden in winter, or even polar exploration, would you recommend a boot with removable insulation that can be aired out at night, or will those Alpina Alaskas suffice?

Erik, How tall those skis should be in order to have most versatile behavior? User height plus how many centimeters?

Nice video as always Erik! Seriously considering moving to Sweden and your videos are definitely encouraging me. I'm tired of England's fragmented nature and poor attitude towards wild camping.

Skulle nog gärna åka ut på en skidtur, det är bara snö som fattas här. Jag såg en video av dig tidigare där du använde skidorna och började fundera vilka skidor det var. Så jag tackar för den informativa videon. Ha en fortsatt trevlig dag. Hälsningar från Österbotten.

hello Erik, whats your opinion on the E99? I got it this year for my first skiing tour in the fjäll.

Hi Erik, I have a question. (hope you still see it with this older video) When you go ice skating, you use a different NNN BC boot. What is the difference between the 2 boots? Can you recommend a boot that is good for skiing and skating? What to look for in a good boot and what to avoid? Greetz from the lowlands of the Netherlands.

After watching this video I was looking at the Fischer S-bound 112. But my local ski shop recommended the Fischer Outback 68's and said 100+ mm skis are overkill. I'm not sure who to believe! I'm planning to use skis to winter camp with my pulk in the Boundary Water of Minnesota in severe winter camping.

What brand gloves are those?

So for a guy who hasnt been skiing in about 20 years. Would these be a good buy to get back into it?

How long would you say they need to be?

Hi , Ski pole length and the baskets, How do you size them for your use? Also width of ski for backpack loads. Good coffee , see ya. Thanks.

At 1st I thought the opening shot was CGI.. or a "blue screen" effect 😆

We call the pattern on the underside of the ski "fishscale" for its obvious resemblance to the scales on a fish 🙂

How do you deal with snow sticking on the skis when it´s just around zero temp, and powder gets wet and sticky? I´m sure you know what I´m talking about. That kind of snow is so annoying, it even has it´s own name in Finnish, ´nuoskalumi´ :-)

Can you travel with these skis on deep powder ( waist deep), like it in Lapland (Finland &Finnmark Norge)?

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Thank you for the brief introduction to BC skis, but I have a question about the round plates on your ski poles: They look a bit old-fashioned, but maybe you use them intentionally? Do the large, round plates sink less into fresh snow than the modern small shovels that point to the back of the sticks? But these are easier to be pulled out of the snow when moving forward. And: Is the BC Bindung also suitable for Telemark Skiing?